Ranko Hanai Movies

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Japanese noir.

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world. The turmoil of the end...

1950 Japanese movie

Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at Meikyo University.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

1961 Japanese movie

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

Japanese film.

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief...

A narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions.

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The...