Joji Oka Movies

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Japanese film.

Sequel to 1959's Planet Prince

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka...

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered...

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

1930s Japanese film.