Kinnosuke Takamatsu Movies

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid...

1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...

​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court...

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the...

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise.

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

1961 Japanese movie

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.