Akitake Kōno Movies

Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.

1963 Japanese movie

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

1960 Toei film.

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

The Chase after Opium Dealers

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On...

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant company house to study in the city....

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...