Kunio Watanabe

ひばりの佐渡情話

Kunio Watanabe

Hibari Misora, Toshiaki Amada

Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.

大菩薩峠

Kunio Watanabe

Kusuo Abe, Shinobu Chihara

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

民謡の旅　秋田おばこ

Kunio Watanabe

Hibari Misora, Eiko Namiki

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.

森繁の新婚旅行

Kunio Watanabe

Hisaya Morishige, Rieko Sumi

Japanese comedy film.

森繁のデマカセ紳士

Kunio Watanabe

Hisaya Morishige, Junko Ebata

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

べらんめえ芸者と大阪娘

Kunio Watanabe

Hibari Misora, Ken Takakura

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

姿三四郎

Kunio Watanabe

Muga Takewaki, Nana Ozaki

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.

忠臣蔵

Kunio Watanabe

Kazuo Hasegawa, Yataro Kurokawa

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge.

明治天皇と日露大戦争

Kunio Watanabe

Kanjūrō Arashi, Kusuo Abe

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

二人の武蔵

Kunio Watanabe

Kazuo Hasegawa, Kōjirō Hongō

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu clan's top instructors and then taking on Sasaki Kojiro!

Utau Enoken torimonochou

Kunio Watanabe

Kenichi Enomoto, Ichiro Fujiyama

A modern take on history with songs and comedy presented by Enoken (as Gonza), Fujiyama (as Sukeju), and Kasagi (Gonza’s wife Osaki).

日蓮と蒙古大襲来

Kunio Watanabe

Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizō Ichikawa

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mogol fleet reaches Japanese shores?

Hebihime sama

Kunio Watanabe

Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura

音楽大進軍

Kunio Watanabe

Roppa Furukawa, Akira Kishii

A 1943 film.

悪魔の手毬唄

Kunio Watanabe

Ken Takakura, Toru Ono

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

水戸黄門 海を渡る

Kunio Watanabe

Kazuo Hasegawa, Shintarō Katsu

Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's uncle, Lord Mito traveled about the nation seeking to make sure that corruption and injustice did not go unpunished. Traveling together with his two faithful bodyguards Kaku and Suke, they board ship for a voyage to the far northern island of Ezo (modern day Hokkaido) where the indigenous people called "Ainu" live. Somewhat like American Indians, the Ainu had their own culture which had not been subjugated by the Matsumae clan, rulers of the vast island. A revolt is brewing within the leadership of the Ainu, which threatens to destroy their peaceful lives. The elder lord and his retinue are the only ones who can stop this reign of terror!