Movies: Shimajiro Yamazaki

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events....

“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused permission, forced instead into the vassalage of his lord’s successor. Humiliated and derided, Yaichiemon eve...

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society....