Minoru Chiaki Movies

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's...

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

aka Libido.

Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and...

Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who...

A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.