Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

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

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

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

A lost film directed by Mori Kazuo.

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

1939 Japanese movie

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the...

After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful...

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...