Sonosuke Sawamura Movies

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the village is run by criminals who sell the poorest...

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...

A cowardly boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic potion.

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden...

Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match...

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an original scenario by Yasuo Yokoyama.