Kan'emon Nakamura Movie Trailers

Escape from Hell Trailer (1963)

27 January 1963

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor.

Banzuiin Chōbei Trailer (1940)

29 May 1940

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

Ōhinata-mura Trailer (1940)

30 October 1940

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from the villagers but he knows full well that no one can afford to pay the village tax which has been unpaid for years.

The Abe Clan Trailer (1938)

01 March 1938

“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty.

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Trailer (1972)

12 March 1972

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed.

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf Trailer (1937)

11 February 1937

Story of a bandit king.

Blood End Trailer (1969)

15 November 1969

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine.

Kwaidan Trailer (1965)

06 January 1965

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales.

Samurai Banners Trailer (1969)

01 March 1969

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain.

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor Trailer (1969)

05 December 1969

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age.

The Day Before Trailer (1939)

20 October 1939

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

The 47 Ronin Trailer (1941)

08 December 1941

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace.

Monument to the Girl's Corps Trailer (1968)

21 September 1968

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women.

Inn of Evil Trailer (1971)

11 September 1971

In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn Trailer (1937)

20 February 1937

Story of a bandit king part 2.

Priest of Darkness Trailer (1936)

30 April 1936

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

Humanity and Paper Balloons Trailer (1937)

25 August 1937

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.