Momonosuke Ichikawa Movies

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.