Ryōsuke Kagawa Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Firefighter Sanji learns the secret of his birth.

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...

During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Friends from their hometown, Tanaka Genzo and Fujita...

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow,...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

1945 Japanese movie

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...