Kichijirō Ueda Movies

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

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

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Film from 1967.

Tetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the brightest boy in her school, to make love to her after...

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up...

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One...