Masahiro Makino
An early film including Sōshun as a character was the 1928 Teikoku Kinema silent "Tenpō Doro Ezōshi". The 1936 "Kōchiyama Sōshun", directed by Sadao Yamanaka, starred Kawarasaki Chōjūrō IV. Kunio Watanabe directed Roppa Furukawa in the 1951 "Gokuraku Rokkasen". Four years later, the story appeared again in Kiyoshi Saeki's 1955 Toei film "Tenpō Rokudōsen Hirado no Kaizoku", starring Ryūnosuke Tsukigata. Masahiro Makino directed Toei's 1960 "Tenpō Rokkasen Jigoku no Hanamichi", starring Utaemon Ichikawa.