Momonosuke Ichikawa Movies

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Set in the Edo period, the film deals with two brothers falling in love with the same girl. Sadly, only 12 minutes of footage survive.