hyogensha Movie Trailers

Clouds at Sunset Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over.

Ballad of Orin Trailer (1977)

19 November 1977

Expelled from her group for losing her virginity, blind travelling musician Orin endures a life of hardship, abuse, and poverty while wandering the countryside, finding brief companionship with an army deserter, and struggling against a society that marginalises her.

Gonza the Spearman Trailer (1986)

15 January 1986

During the peaceful Tokugawa period, handsome samurai Gonza becomes entangled in a tragic love triangle and a web of deceit while trying to advance his social standing through the tea ceremony.

Himiko Trailer (1974)

09 March 1974

A reimagination of the myth of Himiko, focused on her divine role as a sun goddess's oracle and her forbidden love for her half-brother Takehiko, which threatens her power and the kingdom's stability.

Double Suicide Trailer (1969)

24 May 1969

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan.

Sharaku Trailer (1995)

02 June 1995

Crippled Kabuki player Tonbo is taken in by a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold art, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal.

Spy Sorge Trailer (2003)

14 June 2003

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia.