Ryōsuke Kagawa Movies

A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

1945 Japanese movie

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thieves, robbers and roving samurai who want to take...

Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of...

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

A tale of a wasted youth and romantic conflict.

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Silent jidaigeki film

An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...

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...

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....