Kunijirō Yanagi Movies

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each...

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.

1962 Japanese movie

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to...

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

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted...

This time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help of his friend, a samurai named Matashichiro. This...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical Yagyu Scroll in order to save all of Japan. This...

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by...

Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha who is being kidnapped by a group of ronin.