Ichirō Amano Movies

  • 1953
    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu

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    In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

    Ugetsu
  • 1954
    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

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    In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

    Sansho the Bailiff
  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers

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    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1958
    The Gay Masquerade

    The Gay Masquerade

    The Gay Masquerade

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    The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

    The Gay Masquerade
  • 1951
    Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras

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    Judge of the Ashuras
  • 1958
    Shogun's Holiday

    Shogun's Holiday

    Shogun's Holiday

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    During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

    Shogun's Holiday
  • 1956
    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

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    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

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    Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1960
    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

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    The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

    Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
  • 1962
    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

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    The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

    The Fencing Master
  • 1963
    Bamboo Doll of Echizen

    Bamboo Doll of Echizen

    Bamboo Doll of Echizen

    7.61963HD

    Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

    Bamboo Doll of Echizen
  • 1956
    The Fiery Magistrate

    The Fiery Magistrate

    The Fiery Magistrate

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    Film adaption by Kenji Misumi

    The Fiery Magistrate
  • 1958
    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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    During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders...

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
  • 1957
    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story

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    A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

    An Osaka Story
  • 1957
    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    6.31957HD

    A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

    Night Butterflies
  • 1956
    Night River

    Night River

    Night River

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    In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

    Night River
  • 1954
    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

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    A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
  • 1956
    Zangiku monogatari

    Zangiku monogatari

    Zangiku monogatari

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    Zangiku monogatari
  • 1956
    Flowery Hood 2

    Flowery Hood 2

    Flowery Hood 2

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    Flowery Hood 2
  • 1958
    White Snake Woman

    White Snake Woman

    White Snake Woman

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    While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of servants and onlookers suddenly come upon an...

    White Snake Woman