The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.
Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls i...
Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period
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), ...
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daught...
Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel...
During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his ...
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy me...
Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him ...
Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.
About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S...
One murky night, Soetsu, a blind acupuncturist and money lender, calls on Shinzaemon Fukami, a Hatam...
Horror filmed directed by Kinya Ogawa.
A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes....