Utaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She murdered Ochiyo and took over the Ise-ya's shop with Hikoroku a head clerk of Ise-ya. Moreover Utaji killed Hikoroku. But...
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...
The boozy mercenary of the title, based on the actual historical figure of Naoyuki Ban (1567-1615), ...
The curse of a jealous woman destroys lovers on the run. Considered a lost film.
A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at le...
Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a ...
A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat...
The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is...
A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and...
While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of...
Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima cl...
A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls...
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by...
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree fo...
In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals...
A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offens...