Chieko Soma

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the kabuki classic: Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan (1826) written by Tsuruya Nanboku and is one of the most famous ghost stories throughout Japan.

6.7/10

Japanese comedy film.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

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 heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.

6.6/10

Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

6.5/10

A joint project by Sojiro Motoki and Tomoyuki Tanaka, co-dramatizing the original story by Shu Sekikawa with Senkichi Taniguchi and Kenro Matsuura. The fur of a stray dog, the double-barreled gun tied to the backpack, the beard covered with tanned leather, and the bottom of the snow-burnt shining eyes, for the first time in thirteen years, these reached out to the bottom of society. Genji Iwaki dreamed of reuniting with his first love, Tsukie Shiina, with a huge amount of gold dust. To hand over half of the gold dust, he appeared in the memorable N city from the mountains of Teshio with the hope of seeing his late colleague's son, Ichiro Akutsu...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

6.2/10