Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

1945 Japanese movie

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

The Siege of Osaka

Period film from 1934.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...