Denjirō Ōkōchi Movies

Romantic comedy.

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

An all-star cast portraying the end of the Edo period as a commemorative film for the late Tsumasaburo Bando.

Who is Shinzo, the man who captivates both men and women…? Official lanterns flutter chaotically through the Great Edo of love and...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a...

1930s Japanese film.

A traveling gambler becomes duty-bound to the wife and child of the yakuza he had slain and desires to leave the criminal life for good. However,...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Japanese film.

First part - Edo at the end of the Edo period, when the wind and clouds were rising rapidly - The people gathered at Kiba late at night are Shinnojo...

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of...

Silent Japanese film.

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...