Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke (1953) [Movie] TMDB

絵本猿飛佐助

director: Kazuo Mori actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Shin Tokudaiji …

other title: 絵本猿飛佐助

Japanese film.

Taiko's Rising in the World (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB

出世太閤記

director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Kanjūrō Arashi / Ryūnosuke Tsukigata …

other title: 出世太閤記

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from a farmer's son.

Last Days of Edo (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

江戸最後の日

director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Tsumasaburō Bandō / Ryōsuke Kagawa …

other title: 江戸最後の日 / Last Days Of Edo

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

Jiraiya (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

自来也

director: Masahiro Makino actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Reiko Hoshi …

other title: 自来也

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Merciless Blade (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

大菩薩峠

director: Kunio Watanabe actor: Kusuo Abe / Shinobu Chihara …

other title: 大菩薩峠

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