With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was...

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love...

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a...

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

1949 Japanese film

A leading postwar Japanese film critic and theorist who co-founded the seminal film magazine Eiga Hihyo (Film Criticism) in 1957, Eizo Yamagiwa made...

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Japanese drama film.

Japanese drama film.

Japanese film.

Japanese drama film.

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of...

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome engers.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this deeply moving literary epic.

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved...

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one...

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji...

It’s been five years since her husband had ed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful...

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially...

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt...

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On...

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.

The fall of an ant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

As a bid to win s, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the...

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei...

A few years have ed since the Hotta family had the famous sword Koshinmaru, which was given to them by Lord Ieyasu, stolen. Ebina Gunzo, the...

1961 Japanese movie