Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa...

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...

Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.