Movies: Gorō Kawabe

  • 1957
    Lord Mito

    Lord Mito (1957)

    Lord Mito

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    This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke and Kaku....

    Lord Mito
  • 1939
    Shunjû ittôryû

    Shunjû ittôryû (1939)

    Shunjû ittôryû

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    After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by Sasagawa Shigezo, and became embroiled in a gamblers' feud known as the "Tenpo Suikoden....

    Shunjû ittôryû
  • 1954
    Fall of the Shogun's Militia

    Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)

    Fall of the Shogun's Militia

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    Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi...

    Fall of the Shogun's Militia
  • 1942
    Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

    Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (1942)

    Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

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    1942 Japanese movie...

    Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
  • 1940
    Oda Nobunaga

    Oda Nobunaga (1940)

    Oda Nobunaga

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    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 Shimura Takashi...

    Oda Nobunaga
  • 1927
    Gerou

    Gerou (1927)

    Gerou

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    Gerou
  • 1937
    Echo of Love

    Echo of Love (1937)

    Echo of Love

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    A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom....

    Echo of Love
  • 1938
    Taiko's Rising in the World

    Taiko's Rising in the World (1938)

    Taiko's Rising in the World

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    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 of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from a farmer's son....

    Taiko's Rising in the World
  • 1940
    Phantom Castle

    Phantom Castle (1940)

    Phantom Castle

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    Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial....

    Phantom Castle
  • 1952
    The Jumping Magistrate

    The Jumping Magistrate (1952)

    The Jumping Magistrate

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    The Jumping Magistrate
  • 1937
    Jiraiya

    Jiraiya (1937)

    Jiraiya

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

    Jiraiya
  • 1956
    The Kuroda Affair

    The Kuroda Affair (1956)

    The Kuroda Affair

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    This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogun...

    The Kuroda Affair
  • 1958
    Kid Magician Sasuke

    Kid Magician Sasuke (1958)

    Kid Magician Sasuke

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    In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his father, growing up strong and correct, and with great success using his ninjutsu skills becomes a servant of Yukimura Sanada....

    Kid Magician Sasuke
  • 1938
    Kurama Tengu

    Kurama Tengu (1938)

    Kurama Tengu

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    This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent companies went bankrupt shortly after the transition to sound). As he is mostly famous for his portrait of Kurama teng...

    Kurama Tengu
  • 1938
    Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary

    Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary (1938)

    Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary

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    A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and Kyoji Sugi....

    Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
  • 1954
    Nangoku Taiheiki

    Nangoku Taiheiki (1954)

    Nangoku Taiheiki

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    Nangoku Taiheiki
  • 1940
    Maboroshijō kaiketsu-hen kizoji no gaika

    Maboroshijō kaiketsu-hen kizoji no gaika (1940)

    Maboroshijō kaiketsu-hen kizoji no gaika

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    Tsukinosuke narrowly misses capturing the lord of the phantom castle by a hair's breadth. The mountain map was with Kirisaku at the Ashiwara residence, belonging to the phantom gang. Tsukinosuke heads to the Ashiwara residence to rescue Kirisaku, but...

    Maboroshijō kaiketsu-hen kizoji no gaika
  • 1954
    Sanada Ten Braves

    Sanada Ten Braves (1954)

    Sanada Ten Braves

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    1954 Japanese movie...

    Sanada Ten Braves
  • 1927
    Zōho kaitei Chūshingura

    Zōho kaitei Chūshingura (1927)

    Zōho kaitei Chūshingura

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    The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master....

    Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
  • 1957
    Souls in the Moonlight

    Souls in the Moonlight (1957)

    Souls in the Moonlight

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    First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke...

    Souls in the Moonlight