Kusuo Abe Movies

Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000...

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

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

Early film by Eiichi Kudô.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

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

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....

Jidaigeki film from 1941

Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

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...

Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish life behind to avenge her birth father's death.