Kusuo Abe Movies

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants.

Japanese film.

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin,...

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...

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Rookie reporter Yukiko helps save the failing Miyako Times with her friends, while romance and comic chaos unfold around her and fortune-teller...

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

1962 Japanese movie.

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle...

Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by Hikosaku Tokurai three years ago. The first film...

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....