Akitake Kōno Movies

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling...

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the...

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the...

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

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

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword...