Kanjūrō Arashi Movies

A young samurai who’s strong in love but weak in compassion, with a string of eccentric antics, diving into the water, wielding his spear, and...

Japanese action film.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

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...

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

The story of a timid samurai attempting to rid his name of the stigma attached to it.

A thrilling period drama featuring Kondo Umon’s detective exploits.

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a...

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

1959 Japanese film.

An important silent film survives, Kumahiko Nishina's Umon torimonocho rokuban tegara jinenji kidan (The Samurai Detective, aka The Detective Records...

After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact...

A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.