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Browse 15 movies from Shinengiza
A historical drama about a foul-mouthed but good-natured traveller.
Aug 1951
Mar 1951
A murder case tied to a missing love letter… Heiji heads west along the Tōkaidō in pursuit of thirteen suspicious individuals.
Dec 1951
A handsome man and a beautiful woman who seek to restore the Toyotomi clan by taking in the orphaned Princess Tsuru.
Jul 1952
May 1952
Mar 1952
A bizarre duel on a snowy night with a woman at stake, a sudden and brazen murder, and a thrilling chase of love and passion.
Dec 1950
Who is Shinzo, the man who captivates both men and women…? Official lanterns flutter chaotically through the Great Edo of love and intrigue… A thrilling period crime drama featuring the Demon Magistrate.
Jul 1950
Apr 1951
Five years after parting ways, two people who had once envisioned a life together met again: he was a yakuza out of work, and she was a woman of the night.
Oct 1950
A tale of a wasted youth and romantic conflict.
May 1950
A former samurai, whose lover had died while he was traveling, was returning to Edo when he met a woman at Shinagawa-juku.
Sep 1949
While performing in Kanazawa, the renowned water-trick artist Taki no Shiraito falls deeply in love with a young student, Murakoshi Kinya. Determined to see him succeed, she endures years of financial hardship and social scorn to secretly fund his legal education in Tokyo.
Aug 1949
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.