Tomiyasu Ikeda

The 26 Martyrs of Japan

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spr…

Zoku Mito Kōmon

The earliest existing version (incomplete) of Mito Komon history. It was one of the most famous (and…

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi is a 1928 Japanese film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] Thi…

Jiraika-gumi: Dai-nihen

Directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.…

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu I…

Zōho kaitei Chūshingura

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.…

Sonno Joi

For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal…

Iwami Jûtarô

Shibukawa Bangorō

A film on the life of Shibukawa Bangorō, the founder of the Shibukawa-ryū school of jūjutsu. To para…