Kazuo Hasegawa Movies

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular....

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

1961 Japanese movie

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.

A young samurai rescues his beloved from the clutches of a corrupt priest.

Based on the manga The Rose of Versailles.

Moon Troupe's stage play.

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

1961 Japanese movie

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...