Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period...

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a...

Film about Ghost-Cat.

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the...

A film adaptation of the María Luz Incident from the early Meiji period that sparked widespread public debate.

A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin,...

A story about Ômura Masujirô

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Bored Hatamoto movie #14