Sumao Ishihara

Sworn Brothers: Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provinc

Sansho the Bailiff: In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum: In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in fem

Chikamatsu Monogatari: When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pa

Bamboo Doll of Echizen: Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.