Hiroshi Mizuno Movies

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the...

During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai....

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

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in...

After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find the body was missing, as was the Gosu plate. He...

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

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.

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

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

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...

Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

Bored Hatamoto film #20

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

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

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo,...

A young samurai who’s strong in love but weak in compassion, with a string of eccentric antics, diving into the water, wielding his spear, and...