Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a...

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...

1945 Japanese movie

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

The Siege of Osaka