Movies: Katsuya Ishimaru
- 1961
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
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In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of th...
- 1955
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
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Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who...
- 1958
Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master sw...
- 1957
Lord Mito (1957)
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This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke and Kaku....
- 1959
Souls in the Moonlight III (1959)
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Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story...
- 1960
Lord Mito: All Star Version (1960)
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In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and co...
- 1961
Flowers on the Road (1961)
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Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro co...
- 1953
Merciless Blade Part 2 (1953)
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The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
- 1960
Castle of Flames (1960)
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In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is c...
- 1957
Red peonies on the skin (1957)
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Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a conflict with Hatamoto....
- 1957
The Eleventh Hour (1957)
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Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a fi...
- 1961
Restoration Fire (1961)
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Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimp...
- 1956
The Kuroda Affair (1956)
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This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogun...
- 1954
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5 (1954)
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Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise....
- 1958
Drenched Swallow Gonpachi (1958)
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This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before....
- 1959
The Unleashed Lord (1959)
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- 1961
Whistling Drifter (1961)
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Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido....
- 1962
Abekobe dōchū (1962)
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- 1957
Tales of Young Genji Kuro (1957)
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Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family....
- 1957
Sedge Hat (1957)
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