Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Depicting Katsu Kaishu's youth.

When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent...

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his...

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known...

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei...

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Jidaigeki film from 1960

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Bored Hatamoto film #19

Bored Hatamoto film #16.