Movies: Ichitarô Kataoka

Jiraiya is some sort of super-ninja with superpowers. He can fly, he can avoid detection by turning himself into a toad, and he has some sort of ability to vanish....

Tokutaro is an orphan child who becomes a street candy vendor. He sells candies, humming a song he learned long ago from his mother. One day he met with thieves along the way and this encounter changes their lives in ways they cannot imagine....

Iso no Genta accidentally kills a magistrate and becomes a yakuza. Considered a lost film....

Japanese horror movie from 1923....

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An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content com...

Japanese horror movie from 1917....

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Film about Ghost-Cat....