Daisuke Itō — Playwright (33)
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Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu (1927)
忠次旅日記 信州血笑篇 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Daisuke Itō actor: Denjirō Ōkōchi / Seinosuke Sakamoto …
other title: 忠次旅日記 信州血笑篇 / Chuji’s Travel Diary II: Story of Bloody Shinshu …
A Diary of Chuji's Travels is a silent Japanese jidaigeki made in 1927 starring Denjirō Ōkōchi and directed by Daisuke Itō. It was originally released in three parts, all of which were long thought to be lost until portions of the second part and much of the third part were discovered and restored in 1991. Since the film had once been voted in a 1959 Kinema Junpō poll as the best Japanese film of all time, its discovery was significant. At the time of its release, Itō was the leader of a new style of samurai films that featured outlaw heroes and fast-cut sword fighting scenes.
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (1963)
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Daisuke Itō actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Shirō Ōsaka …
other title: この首一万石 / 萬石首級懸賞 …
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 sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
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Samurai, Part VI (1971)
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内田吐梦 actor: 中村锦之助 / 沖山秀子 …
other title: Death Match / 宫本武蔵 真剑胜负 …
In the sixth and final episode Rentaro Mikuni steals the show as Baiken Shishido, Musashi's nemesis. Mikuni is the nominal villain of the film, but he is a devoted husband and father as well. He tries to kill Musashi only to avenge the death of his brother-in-law. While Baiken (who wields a chain and sickle against Musashi's sword) is a very human character and the emotions that Mikuni displays in his performance are quite believable and engaging
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The Conspirator (1961)
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Daisuke Itō actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Hiroko Sakuramachi …
other title: 反逆児 / 反逆兒 …
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
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忠治活杀剑 (1936)
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久保為義 / 牧野正博 actor: 清水英太朗 / 光冈龙三郎 …
other title: 忠治活殺剱 / 忠治活殺剣 …
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Eien no nazo (1922)
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野村芳亭 actor: 井上正夫 / 岡本五郎 …
other title: 永遠の謎
長田幹彦作の新聞小説の映画化で、他社と競作になったが、当時他社の現代劇は女形を使っていたので、川田芳子や栗島すみ子の出演した松竹映画は圧倒的に勝った。
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Jirokichi the Rat (1931)
御誂次郎吉格子 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
伊藤大辅 actor: 大河内传次郎 / 伏见直江 …
other title: 御佻次郎吉格子 / 御誂次郎吉格子 …
Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel by her criminal brother, Nikichi. When he goes to find Nikichi, Jirokichi immediately falls for Okino, a poor girl who is also under threat from Nikichi.
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
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Daisuke Itō actor: 北大路欣也 Kinya Kitaoji / 中村锦之助 …
other title: 德川家康 / 徳川家康 …
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.