Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility...

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima...

Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their...

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the...

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

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...