Kusuo Abe Movies

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

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

1961 Japanese movie

Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just...

The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...

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

A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.

A maritime action drama set aboard a whaling ship rocked by a labor-management conflict. Shintoho's second color feature.

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

The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats.

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

Olympic gymnast Yukiko resists marriage plans, stumbling into a newspaper job under reporter Tsubasa. Amid comic mix-ups with a fake fortune teller,...

A historical drama spanning three generations, centered on the Sydney Special Attack Unit. Recommended by the Ministry of Education.