Eitarō Shindō Movies

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the...

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Japanese noir.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.