Ryōsuke Kagawa Movies

Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of...

Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō...

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...

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...

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A...

Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...

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

1945 Japanese movie

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...