A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy...

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there...

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern...

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

1950 Japanese movie

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of...

Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating...