A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white snake helped by a young man transfers to a girl's body, longing for him and burning in an endless passion.
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
The boozy mercenary of the title, based on the actual historical figure of Naoyuki Ban (1567-1615), ...
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...
A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offens...
A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to ...
The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred y...
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...
Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. ...
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.
A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the sh...
A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fi...
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...