Bored Hatamoto Collection

Part 6 · Jan 7, 1935

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

Bored Hatamoto film #6

Part 7 · Feb 8, 1935

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

Bored Hatamoto film #7

Part 8 · Jan 5, 1937

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji

Bored Hatamoto film #8

Part 9 · Apr 14, 1938

Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure

Bored Hatamoto film #9

Part 10 · Sep 23, 1950

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides

Bored Hatamoto film #10

Part 11 · Oct 7, 1950

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Part 12 · Sep 7, 1951

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

Part 13 · Jan 14, 1952

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.

Part 14 · Jan 22, 1953

Bored Hatamoto Passes By

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Part 15 · Jan 3, 1954

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

Part 16 · Aug 31, 1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Part 17 · Dec 27, 1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Part 18 · Dec 25, 1955

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...

Part 19 · Dec 28, 1955

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge

Bored Hatamoto film #19

Part 20 · Jul 12, 1956

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Part 21 · Jan 15, 1957

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Part 22 · Dec 28, 1957

The Mansion of Intrigue

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

Part 23 · Aug 12, 1958

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

Master swordsman and loyal 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan. The 300th film in the long and illustrious career of Ichikawa Utaemon, one of the most popular Japanese film stars of the period; it brought out an all-star cast as well.

Part 24 · Jan 9, 1959

The Acrobats of Death

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.

Part 25 · Jun 28, 1959

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Part 26 · Jan 9, 1960

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can save the shogunate from the dastardly plot to take over the country.

Part 27 · Jun 29, 1960

Ninja Assassins

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

Part 28 · Aug 1, 1961

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

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 but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?

Part 29 · Jan 23, 1962

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

Part 30 · Jan 9, 1963

The Mysterious Cape

Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.