Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

The Siege of Osaka