Saburō Sawai Movies

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.

A 1942 film.

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

Japanese comedy film.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's...

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact...

Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The...

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...

1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.

Japanese crime film.

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.

Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not...