Masahiro Makino Movies

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortunate fate. Nakamura Kinnosuke stars in two...

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

A film based on the life of the bakuto Kunisada Chuji

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke...

He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji,...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after an assassination their henchmen will struggle to...

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Arima Ghost-Cat movie.

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

1945 Japanese movie