Kusuo Abe Movies

In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka Shōko, at a high school. As Yasuko confronts...

Jidaigeki film from 1941

A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.

Japanese film.

Early film by Eiichi Kudô.

Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just...

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Reimagining of the Ten'ichibō Incident.

1961 Japanese movie