Teinosuke Kinugasa Filmes

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

The Siege of Osaka

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Period film from 1934.

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

1945 Japanese movie

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...