Iwao Ōtani Movies

A lighthearted and entertaining film that incorporates popuar songs into a period drama.

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a...

Biographical film about bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi.

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own...

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as...

By day, he is a young master whose beauty melts women’s hearts. By night, he is the elusive “White Hood.”

Two college girls who work part-time as shrine maidens swap their names with private investigators conducting a marriage background check, throwing...

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders...

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...