Kichijirō Ueda Movies

Japanese drama.

A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.

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...

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is...

In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his...

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

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One...

Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was...

Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.

Period comedy.

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.

1942 Japanese movie