Musei Tokugawa Movies

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, only to have their romance derailed by a...

1958 Japanese movie

An adaptation of the famous 16th century novel, Journey to the West.

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his...

Baseball comedy.

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The...

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to...