Minpei Tomimoto Movies

  • 1939
    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

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    In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
  • 1948
    Women of the Night

    Women of the Night

    Women of the Night

    7.21948HD

    In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend...

    Women of the Night
  • 1950
    Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

    Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

    Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

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    Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood
  • 1951
    Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

    Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

    Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

    01951HD

    film directed by Tai Katô

    Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
  • 1956
    流轉

    流轉

    流轉

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    In the eleventh year of the Tempō era, the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo buzzed with excitement for a new production of "Kanjinchō" by...

    流轉
  • 1955
    振袖釼法

    振袖釼法

    振袖釼法

    01955HD

    In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the...

    振袖釼法
  • 1951
    The Inner Palace Conspiracy

    The Inner Palace Conspiracy

    The Inner Palace Conspiracy

    01951HD

    A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

    The Inner Palace Conspiracy
  • 1946
    Utamaro and His Five Women

    Utamaro and His Five Women

    Utamaro and His Five Women

    7.11946HD

    Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around...

    Utamaro and His Five Women
  • 1949
    Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

    Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

    Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

    01949HD

    The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

    Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
  • 1960
    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    01960HD

    Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope
  • 1952
    柳生の兄弟

    柳生の兄弟

    柳生の兄弟

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    During the era of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, to strengthen the shogunate, many daimyo clans that did not align with the central power were...

    柳生の兄弟
  • 1941
    Notes of an Itinerant Performer

    Notes of an Itinerant Performer

    Notes of an Itinerant Performer

    6.81941HD

    Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother...

    Notes of an Itinerant Performer
  • 1951
    Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

    Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

    Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

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    Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
  • 1952
    ひばり姫 初夢道中

    ひばり姫 初夢道中

    ひばり姫 初夢道中

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    ひばり姫 初夢道中
  • 1953
    Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

    Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

    Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

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    At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, Kurama Tengu was attacked by the...

    Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
  • 1953
    疾風からす隊

    疾風からす隊

    疾風からす隊

    01953HD

    During the end of the shogunate, there was a group of black-clothed masked samurai known as the "Crow Squad" who resisted the shogunate's oppression,...

    疾風からす隊
  • 1953
    お役者小僧

    お役者小僧

    お役者小僧

    01953HD

    The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba...

    お役者小僧
  • 1954
    Beautiful Gonpati

    Beautiful Gonpati

    Beautiful Gonpati

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    A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo...

    Beautiful Gonpati
  • 1954
    Edo no yubae

    Edo no yubae

    Edo no yubae

    01954HD

    In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku...

    Edo no yubae
  • 1954
    お役者変化

    お役者変化

    お役者変化

    01954HD

    During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...

    お役者変化