Michisaburō Segawa Movies

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...

A sequel to "Vampire Dead Beauty Carving", featuring the same members from the previous work, including scriptwriter Koji Takada, director Hideaki...

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

The second in a trilogy of Kunisada Chuji films by Hiroshi Inagaki.

1961 Japanese movie

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

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating...

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.