Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

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

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

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...

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...

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

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...

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...

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

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated...