Kanjūrō Arashi Movies

Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

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

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of...

Japanese war film.

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from...

Iso no Genta accidentally kills a magistrate and becomes a yakuza. Considered a lost film.

Japanese film.

1956 Japanese film, released in two parts. This is Part One.

The movie begins with a mysterious murder and Umon Kondo, a Doshin, so called drag-ass Umon, who dallies away lying sprawled all day long, launches...

After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact...

Japanese film.

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven...

A whirlwind sweeps through Takadanobaba. The familiar fighter Yasubei stuns the city of Edo in this exhilarating tale of swordsmanship and human...