Gorō Kawabe Movies

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Genre: History

Cast: Gorō Kawabe

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Cast: Kaichi Yamamoto

1954 Japanese movie

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the comic...

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Cast: Gorō Kawabe

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi is a 1928 Japanese film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the acting talent of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gorō Kawabe

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his father, growing up strong and correct, and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Motoharu Ueki

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

The undercover agent Tsukinosuke Kigurumi successfully escapes with Kirisaku, who possesses the coveted Shinshu Mountain map targeted by the phantom...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kensaku Hara

Tsukinosuke narrowly misses capturing the lord of the phantom castle by a hair's breadth. The mountain map was with Kirisaku at the Ashiwara...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kensaku Hara

Mt. Norikura's natural fortress, the phantom castle. A white-clad iron mask, offering prayers to the eerie triple-faced deity of the Sennjogadake...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kensaku Hara

Japanese horror movie from 1955.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Japanese film.

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Cast: Michitarō Mizushima

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsunosuke Onoe

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kensaku Hara

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kusuo Abe

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Genre: Action

Cast: Michiko Ai

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

The earliest existing version (incomplete) of Mito Komon history. It was one of the most famous (and most filmed) Jidaigeki stories. Lord Mito is the...

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Cast: Kaichi Yamamoto

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

Genre: History

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

1942 Japanese movie

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Genre: War

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

Kyoto in the third year of Bunkyu. --Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi, and the group around him spend their days and nights having fun in...

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Genre: War

Cast: Tokumaro Dan

The 1000th film for actor Matsunosuke Onoe, made for Nikkatsu Studios.

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Cast: Matsunosuke Onoe

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Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka...

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka