Hiroshi Ookawa Movie Trailers

Run, Genta, Run! Trailer (1961)

22 November 1961

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka Trailer (1959)

13 September 1959

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he steals money from his employer to buy her freedom himself.

The Master Spearman Trailer (1960)

15 May 1960

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of the two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.

The Outsiders Trailer (1958)

26 November 1958

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan.

Lord Mito Trailer (1957)

11 August 1957

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke and Kaku.

Waseda University Trailer (1953)

27 October 1953

In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his personal fortune into establishing the Tokyo Professional School in a tea field in Waseda Village.