Akiko Kana Movies

The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for almost 300 years has never been told like this...

A daughter of Hatamoto (high-ranked soldier) Otsuyu (Akiko Kana) and a Ronin living in Choya (cheap apartment) Shinzaburo Hagihara (Yoichi Hayashi)...

Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.

The feudal lord of the Matsukura clan in Oshu was an enthusiastic collector of famous swords. He was eager to acquire two of the most famous swords...

A thrilling historical drama in which a ronin played plays an active role in redeeming the name of a man who was put to death for a crime, despite...

Erotic drama

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

Yoshinari Bessho, the feudal lord of Tanba Province, is a collector of butterflies and has his concubines tattooed with butterflies as well. One day...

A rare film about the Zainichi and the relations between Japan and South Korea. It is the first feature film ever directed by a zainichi director to...

After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he...

The Edo Murders: Sasachi’s Greatest Triumph | Two bodies have been found on Tsukuda Island, hacked to death with an axe. Detective Sasachi...

One night, Genjiro Tsurumi, a former ronin comes across a man being attacked by a group of assassins. The dying man is an official secret agent...

Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same...

Based on the manga by Tetsu Kariya and Ryouichi Ikegami.

1979 Japanese film.

On their way to the Owari, Sanzo and Yumenogosuke gets lost in the Kiso Mountains. There they encounter a hidden gold mine being demolished by the...

Otsuyu, the daughter of a samurai, takes her life after being forced into an unwanted marriage, and her maid Omi follows her in death. Together as...