Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of...

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.

1948 Japanese movie

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. ...

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular...

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

This film is about the curse of a jealous woman destroying the lovers on the run.

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

1961 Japanese movie

A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house.