Kōtarō Bandō Movies

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

The Siege of Osaka

Followup film to Osaka Elegy - Osaka Woman

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

1962 Japanese movie

Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)

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

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...

1962 Japanese movie

1959 Japanese film.

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl....

A film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his excellent fighting spirit and endurance.

Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Japanese film.