Mineko Takagi

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

In this Japanese retelling of Cinderella, Okuro (Takayama) is the unfortunate stepdaughter of a family of tanuki: shape-shifting raccoon dogs. She hopes to see the tanuki prince (former Takarazuka star Miyagi) against her stepmother's wishes; the magical spirit of the willow tree, and a hapless kappa (water goblin) intercede in unexpected ways.

[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to skulk another day, and sets his sights on bringing down the warlord who tried to turn him into soup – Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And as always, in the background, the suble hand of Tokugawa Ieyasu is pulling strings as he plots to rule all of Japan!

Devenu tueur à gages, Ittô Ogami est approché par un fief vassal que le shôgunat veut placer sous son autorité directe, sous prétexte de troubles sociaux intérieurs. On lui explique que cette agitation a été provoquée par des espions shôgunaux pour justifier l'intervention du pouvoir central attiré par la richesse du fief : une teinture spéciale au secret de fabrication bien gardé. Pour cinq cents pièces d'or, Ogami doit retrouver et tuer l'artisan teinturier, gardien du secret, que trois mercenaires ont enlevé pour l'amener à Edo. Ce sont les sanguinaires frères Ben, Ten et Rai. Lancé à la poursuite du "trio infernal", Le loup à l'enfant devra, en chemin, se méfier des terribles femmes ninjas aux ordres de la belle Saka Yagyû, chef d'une branche cadette du clan Yagyû de Retsudô…

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents