Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

A spearman who had long admired the samurai rises up after learning of cruelty of the samurai class.

The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious...

A film adaptation of the María Luz Incident from the early Meiji period that sparked widespread public debate.

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...

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

When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent...

A story about Ômura Masujirô

Bored Hatamoto film #20

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period...

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

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

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Master swordsman and loyal 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil...