Kazuko Inano

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He...

Genre: History

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Mieko Harada

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kazuko Inano

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

The story of a selfless mother and her family throughout the decades, from th 1920's to the 1960's.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sachiko Hidari

Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Machiko Kyō

A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.

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Cast: Akaji Maro

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noboru Nakaya

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Noboru Nakaya

Based on the comic by George Akiyama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Juro Kara

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noboru Nakaya

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

Genre:

Cast: Hideo Murata

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chitose Kobayashi

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama