Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which...

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing...

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

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Of note is Utaemon Ichikawa's extraordinary...

Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his...

A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the province of Iga. He studied the art of the sword under...

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Bored Hatamoto film #3

Master swordsman and loyal 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...