Akitake Kōno Movies

The Chase after Opium Dealers

In search of the key to Takeda Shingen's hidden treasure, journey from the shadowy depths of Edo to the mystery-shrouded Kōbushin-dake! Final...

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

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...

1958 Toei movie.

Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu...

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

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...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

1962 Japanese movie