7.5
The Rickshaw Man
IMDb: 7.5 1958 103 min
The story of Muhōmatsu, a rickshaw man who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman. 1958 remake of a 1943 film (same ...
6.6
The Three Treasures
IMDb: 6.6 1959 182 min
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor’s son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but ...
6.9
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
IMDb: 6.9 1969 122 min
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of ...
6.7
Samurai Saga
IMDb: 6.7 1959 111 min
Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) ...
6.4
The Gambling Samurai
IMDb: 6.4 1960 101 min
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying ...
5.9
Invisible Avenger
IMDb: 5.9 1954 70 min
A car strikes an unseen object; blood spreads from an invisible source which becomes visible as the bleeding man dies. He carries with him a ...