Michiyo Kogure Movies

An Ishiro Honda Film.

Japanese film.

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to...

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach...

Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.

1962 Japanese movie

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring...