Kikuko Hanaoka

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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Cast: Ken Uehara

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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Cast: Susumu Fujita

Genre: History

Cast: Hibari Misora

Genre: History

Cast: Hibari Misora

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin'yō Nara

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takahiro Tamura

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

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Cast: Jun Arai

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A comedy based on the manga by Isao Kojima, written by Isao Matsuki (Kaidan Ama Ghost), and directed by Morihei Magaya (Gonin Musume). The...

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Cast: Yōichi Numata

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nijiko Kiyokawa

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Masayuki Mori

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tadao Takashima

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tadao Takashima

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ichirō Ryūzaki

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tadao Takashima

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

Japanese war drama.

Genre: War

Cast: Yoko Minakaze

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tōru Yuri

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kōji Matsubara

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Susumu Fujita

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miyuki Takakura

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tōru Yuri

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūnosuke Itō

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

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Cast: Rikidôzan

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mayumi Ozora

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mayumi Ozora

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Katsuko Wakasugi

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.

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Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Japanese sex comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Akemi Misawa

A 1942 film.

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ureo Egawa

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Takakura

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sumiko Kurishima

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

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Cast: Hideo Fujino

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ranko Hanai

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Genre: History

Cast: Reiko Aoi

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Genre: War

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa