Asako Yoshino Movies

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu,...

A Japanese silent film

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the...

The adventures of the samuraï Chohachiro Tonami continues (sequel to Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen).

Before Masaoka Kenzō became one of Japan’s main animation pioneers, he directed two live-action featurettes full of special effects, both...