Ryutaro Otomo Movies

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

Bored Hatamoto film #9

Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he...

Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile, Princess Yuki (Yumiko Hasegawa) and Chacha (Eiko...

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it...

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

1962 Japanese movie

This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and...

Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who...