Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.
Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.
Hisao Kubota
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
Dekao Yokoo
Daisaku Matoba
Shoichi Nodera
Tazaemon of Wakasa-ya
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oshizu (Tazaemon's Daughter)
Hikaru Kicchôji
Kinnosuke Katsuragi
Kenji Kimura
Jizaemon
Takeshi Sakamoto
Jin'emon Honjō
Sakiko Yanagi
Omatsu of Benten
Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.