Acting
Sukezō Sukedakaya
Acting credits
6.9In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kira. Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the Lord's dishonour. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi seeks to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses, and Oishi and 46 rōnin are out for revenge.
The 47 Ronin
1941
7.1A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.
Priest of Darkness
1936
10.0Story of a bandit king part 2.
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
7.9In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937
10.0A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.
The Day Before
1939
8.0Story of a bandit king.
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
1937
NRA tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society. Considered a lost film.
The Village Tattooed Man
1935
NRA jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.
Banzuiin Chōbei
1940