Takeo Itō Movies

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo’s father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword...

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

A lord explores the lives of common people.

Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just...

Jidaigeki from 1940

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

Mr. Tsurujiro is a Japanese folk singer assisted by Ms. Tsuruhachi on the shamisen. The pair is popular, but he often nitpicks her music and so they...

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....

A documentary made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Satsuo Yamamoto's death.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder, but are too scared to report it to the police. In the meantime, an innocent man is...