Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

1959 Japanese movie

The Siege of Osaka

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

1945 Japanese movie