Atsushi Watanabe Movies

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Japanese comedy film.

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival...

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t know to have inherited a large sum of...

Life of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women.

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

Japanese comedy film.

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...