Eiji Yoshikawa

Most Popular Eiji Yoshikawa Trailers

Total trailers found: 36

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star Trailer (1951)

30 November 1951

film directed by Tai Katô

Chronicle of the Bulbul Trailer (1952)

23 October 1952

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Rogoku no hanayome zenpen Trailer (1931)

01 December 1931

Echo in the Mountains Trailer (1959)

20 September 1959

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen.

The Abandoned Swords Trailer (1958)

01 October 1958

Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Tokugawa Shogun.

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi Trailer (1958)

10 August 1958

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, driven by his burning ambition to become a samurai and to find a warlord worth pledging his sword to.

Miyamoto Musashi Trailer (1973)

13 July 1973

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro.

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Trailer (1955)

12 July 1955

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto.

Judge of the Ashuras Trailer (1951)

15 February 1951

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Trailer (1956)

03 January 1956

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader.

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter Trailer (1963)

27 August 1963

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Trailer (1954)

25 September 1954

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

Taira Clan Saga Trailer (1955)

21 September 1955

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Jirokichi the Rat Trailer (1931)

31 December 1931

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.

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro Trailer (1965)

04 September 1965

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi.

Miyamoto Musashi Trailer (1961)

27 May 1961

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend.

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments.

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style Trailer (1963)

14 August 1963

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights Trailer (1962)

17 November 1962

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death Trailer (1971)

20 February 1971

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.

Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala Trailer (1956)

14 August 1956

1956 Japanese film, released in two parts. This is Part One.

Hirenge Trailer (1950)

16 September 1950

A 1950 film by director 原研吉.

神州天馬侠 完結篇 1958 Trailer (1958)

21 September 1958

In a desperate crisis, Inamaru is plunged into the dark sea by a strike from Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ryutaro desperately tries to rescue Inamaru.

Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill Trailer (1943)

15 July 1943

Miyamoto Musashi is challenged by a series of opponents in this follow up to Miyamoto Musashi's Kongoin Ketto (1942, also called Nitoryu Kaigen) also directed by Ito Daisuke.

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind Trailer (1951)

16 November 1951

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen Trailer (1961)

19 February 1961

1961 Japanese movie

Secret of Naruto Trailer (1957)

29 September 1957

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu.

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō Trailer (1942)

25 March 1942

1942 Japanese movie

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon Trailer (1940)

31 March 1940

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Initiation of the Two-Sword Style Trailer (1943)

01 April 1943

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

Shinran, Part II Trailer (1960)

27 September 1960

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, was placed in a monastary on Mount Hiei when still a child.

Three Women Around Yoshinaka Trailer (1956)

15 January 1956

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari.

Shinran Trailer (1960)

21 June 1960

A biographical movie about Shinran

Princess of Revenge Trailer (1958)

09 January 1958

A thrilling jidaigeki features a diverse cast of characters and depicts the showdown between Jakoneko, a woman seeking to overthrow the shogunate, and Muso Kotenzu, a secret agent.

Shinshu Tenmakyo Trailer (1958)

10 September 1958

Blizzard Ronin Trailer (1939)

11 January 1939

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.