Eitarō Shindō Movies

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

In the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who looks just like Shogun Iemitsu undergoes a series of...

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening at Echigoya’s Red Crane Mansion, and when...

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

A story about the nature of office workers today.

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate)....

Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When...

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.

"Masayoshi Ryanko" jumps into the den of the underworld swirling with smuggling and murder, and defeats the culprit with a heart-pounding pistol.

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

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

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.