Asahi Kurizuka Movies

  • 1966
    The Blazing Sword

    The Blazing Sword

    The Blazing Sword

    7.21966HD

    Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a...

    The Blazing Sword
  • 1969
    Watch Out, Crimson Bat!

    Watch Out, Crimson Bat!

    Watch Out, Crimson Bat!

    6.81969HD

    A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her,...

    Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
  • 2014
    Uzumasa Limelight

    Uzumasa Limelight

    Uzumasa Limelight

    6.92014HD

    Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with...

    Uzumasa Limelight
  • 2015
    Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

    Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

    Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

    72015HD

    Veteran director Nakajima Sadao examines the appeal, background, context and transition of chambara, or period sword-fighting and samurai films, in...

    Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
  • 2013
    Bushido

    Bushido

    Bushido

    72013HD

    1732, in the era of Yoshimune Tokugawa. West Japan suffers from a severe famine. Three years after wards, it appeared as though calm had been...

    Bushido
  • 2019
    Love's Twisting Path

    Love's Twisting Path

    Love's Twisting Path

    5.52019HD

    Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, which aim to overthrow the Tokugawa...

    Love's Twisting Path
  • 2016
    The Old Capital

    The Old Capital

    The Old Capital

    8.52016HD

    Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on...

    The Old Capital
  • 2005
    Turn Over: An Angel Is Coming on a Bicycle

    Turn Over: An Angel Is Coming on a Bicycle

    Turn Over: An Angel Is Coming on a Bicycle

    82005HD

    Turn Over: An Angel Is Coming on a Bicycle
  • 1975
    Visitor After Dark

    Visitor After Dark

    Visitor After Dark

    01975HD

    Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.

    Visitor After Dark
  • 1968
    Harbor Light Yokohama

    Harbor Light Yokohama

    Harbor Light Yokohama

    01968HD

    A hit-man returns to Japan after a long sojourne.

    Harbor Light Yokohama
  • 1968
    Challenge of a Man

    Challenge of a Man

    Challenge of a Man

    01968HD

    Hiroshi (Ishizaka), the second son of Nippon Automobile president Tsuda (Ozawa), comes to the company's speed test track every day and drives his car...

    Challenge of a Man
  • 1991
    Crossroads in Tokyo

    Crossroads in Tokyo

    Crossroads in Tokyo

    01991HD

    A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.

    Crossroads in Tokyo