Kyoji Sugi Movies

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign...

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

1956 movie from Japan

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

A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to have some fun and practice. And here he is attacked...

1962 Japanese movie

All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening at Echigoya’s Red Crane Mansion, and when...

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

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

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

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an...

Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000...

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the...

Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight.