Masayoshi Kikuno Movies

A girl from a tenement house was abducted in broad daylight, right in the heart of Edo.

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

A mysterious Komusō monk suddenly appears to stand up to the yakuza who are tormenting innocent townspeople.

A spearman who had long admired the samurai rises up after learning of cruelty of the samurai class.

A handsome man and a beautiful woman who seek to restore the Toyotomi clan by taking in the orphaned Princess Tsuru.

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

1962 Japanese movie

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously...

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is...

A yakuza returning from an island journey takes a stranger’s young child under his wing as he travels, gives up the woman he loves to his...

A murder case tied to a missing love letter… Heiji heads west along the Tōkaidō in pursuit of thirteen suspicious individuals.

A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.