Movies: Zenichiro Kito

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios...

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it....

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza....

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series k...

Jidaigeki from 1940...

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen....

Japanese film....

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugee...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost....

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Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo....

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow....

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Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi...

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets in...

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumored, drove the previous champion (Kazuma’s father) to suicide. Possessed of much raw tale...

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japanese engineers also move to China, with their families, for the company in order to construct a cana...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa....