Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

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

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

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...

Period film from 1934.

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

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

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...

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

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...

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

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.