Ranko Hanai Movies

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast...

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

1944 war movie

A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The...

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

1948 Japanese drama film.

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

Japanese film.

1961 Japanese movie

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...