Kichijirō Ueda Movies

1970 Toei movie.

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

A tragic love story about the heiress of the Kitakyushu Tagawa family who becomes a hostess in Osaka.

1969 Japanese movie

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the...

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

A thriller of deduction and duels, in which a newspaper reporter bravely takes on a gang in the city’s skyscraper district over a mysterious...

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

A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves...

A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s...

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.