Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Bored Hatamoto film #7

A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period...

A story about Ômura Masujirô

Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known...

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Bored Hatamoto film #3

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Bored Hatamoto film #6

Bored Hatamoto film #10

A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Of note is Utaemon Ichikawa's extraordinary...