Movies: Eitarō Shindō

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A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword....

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chie...

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

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film....

Japanese noir....

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths....

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

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Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people....

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Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard....

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

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo. With the capital on edge, master crimefighter Kondo Umon is brought in to try and solve the case. His i...

1950s Japanese comedy....

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

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