Movies: Kōichi Katsuragi

  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers (1954)

    The Crucified Lovers

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    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another....

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1943
    The Life of Matsu the Untamed

    The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)

    The Life of Matsu the Untamed

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    Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents....

    The Life of Matsu the Untamed
  • 1931
    Fireworks

    Fireworks (1931)

    Fireworks

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    Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks....

    Fireworks
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)

    The Temple of Wild Geese

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    Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the pr...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1958
    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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    During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government ...

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
  • 1961
    Buddha

    Buddha (1961)

    Buddha

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    An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals ...

    Buddha
  • 1957
    Freelance Samurai

    Freelance Samurai (1957)

    Freelance Samurai

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    One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy....

    Freelance Samurai
  • 1936
    Akanishi Kakita

    Akanishi Kakita (1936)

    Akanishi Kakita

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    A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him....

    Akanishi Kakita
  • 1954
    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing (1954)

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

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    A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim....

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
  • 1957
    The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train (1957)

    The Crowded Train

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    Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a vis...

    The Crowded Train
  • 1956
    Flowery Hood

    Flowery Hood (1956)

    Flowery Hood

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    Flowery Hood
  • 1950
    The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume

    The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume (1950)

    The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume

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    The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume
  • 1944
    Kenpu Renpeikan

    Kenpu Renpeikan (1944)

    Kenpu Renpeikan

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    Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, the famed Shindo Munen Ryu swordsmen of Renpeikan in Edo. Katsura is initially not welcomed by the o...

    Kenpu Renpeikan
  • 1951
    Story of Lightning

    Story of Lightning (1951)

    Story of Lightning

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    Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his father and younger brother. I left the town....

    Story of Lightning
  • 1958
    Shogun's Holiday

    Shogun's Holiday (1958)

    Shogun's Holiday

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    During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the worl...

    Shogun's Holiday
  • 1942
    Vengeance at Iga

    Vengeance at Iga (1942)

    Vengeance at Iga

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    Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member....

    Vengeance at Iga
  • 1948
    The Grand Master

    The Grand Master (1948)

    The Grand Master

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    Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost ...

    The Grand Master
  • 1932
    Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings

    Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings (1932)

    Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings

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    Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
  • 1927
    Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

    Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (1927)

    Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

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    Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the comic talent of Denjiro Okochi, which contrasts markedly with his heroic performance in Oatsurae Jirokichi Kos...

    Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
  • 1954
    A Samurai's Love

    A Samurai's Love (1954)

    A Samurai's Love

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    A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki....

    A Samurai's Love