Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known...

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

Bored Hatamoto film #20

A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shinano region, which is guarded by a descendant of...

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious...

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.