Kichijirō Ueda Movies

Japanese film.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather toward the port town.

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

1962 Japanese movie

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of...

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

1970 Toei movie.

Film about Ghost-Cat.