Kichijirō Ueda Movies

A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel.

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and...

1946 Japanese movie

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

A tragic love story about the heiress of the Kitakyushu Tagawa family who becomes a hostess in Osaka.

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.

1962 Japanese movie

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves...

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his...

Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

Period romantic drama.

1942 Japanese movie

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.