Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa...

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...