Juro Hoshi Movies

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he...

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master.

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

1961 Japanese movie

Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that...

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...