Kusuo Abe Movies

Ghost comedy film.

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by...

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a child, which were used to put on stage productions to...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the...

2nd film in the Eight Brave Brothers trilogy

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

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