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The Red Bat

Shunjû ittôryû

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by Sasagawa Shigezo, and became embroiled in a gamblers' feud known as the "Tenpo Suikoden.

Takamaru and Kikumaru

Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a villain skilled in the art of sorcery. Hakuraku-Ou had long been seeking a Tiger Seal which, together with the Dragon Seal in his possession, would reveal the location of a huge ancestral fortune. But on the very night that the Tiger Seal was found, it was stolen by Tomomitsu, Ginnosuke's chief. When the two brothers receive the Dragon Seal from their father just before his death they determine to go to Death's-Head Castle, in order to recover the Tiger Seal.

The Gift of the Fox

Goblin Courier

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Kodachi o tsukau onna

A tale of love and tears that blossomed in the shadow of the Seinan War.

María Luz Incident: Slave Ship

A film adaptation of the María Luz Incident from the early Meiji period that sparked widespread public debate.

Tobu uta

Fūryū ajiro gasa

Duel at Moonrise

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.

右門捕物帖 まぼろし変化

Another entry in Umon Torimono-cho series, no imdb entry, 1954

The Devil's toast

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in the hotel. But when an ex-actress who is also a guest there mentions an unsolved murder that occurred on the spot over a year ago, Kurusu decides to investigate.

A Baby Given by a Fox

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy.

Thus the Divine Wind Blows

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Hida no abarenbō

A bold and cheerful tale that broke new ground in the historical drama genre.