Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

Jidaigeki film from 1960

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei...

In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival.

Bored Hatamoto film #19

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin,...

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Bored Hatamoto film #7

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.