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There Was a War When I Was a Child (1981)

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War. ...

The Machine Gun Dragon (1976)

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia. ...

Sanbaba (1974)

A story about being scared of getting old. ...

Yakuza of the Present (1973)

In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region. ...

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail (1973)

Part 5 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. After serving four and a half years in prison, Masa and his ...

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler (1971)

Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler. ...

The Last Kamikaze (1970)

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn betwee ...

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. ...

Tales of the Inner Chamber (1968)

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle. ...

Rogue (1968)

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawad ...

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation (1968)

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he met Torajiro, a master of kendo, who had just left prison after slashing his adoptive father who stole his son's wife. Torajiro was on his way to his brother- ...

Human Torpedoes (1968)

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War. ...

Classmates (1967)

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II. ...

Kojiro (1967)

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami's fa ...

Raised in a Palace (1964)

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night She sees her future as an entertainer, not a prostitute, & she expects a happy marriage wit ...

Yearning (1964)

War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment. ...

August Moon (1962)

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Wiser Age (1962)

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner. ...

Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic. ...

The Ginza Three Boys (1961)

The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl. ...

Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip ...

This Greedy Old Skin (1960)

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs. ...

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'. ...

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family. ...

The Storm of the Pacific (1960)

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in t ...

The Naked General (1958)

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities. ...

A Mother's Journey (1958)

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge. ...

Mother (1958)

Kisses (1957)

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach. ...

An Osaka Story (1957)

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo. ...

Daiei Studio is Bustling (1957)

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars. ...

Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who ...

Children Seeking a Mother (1956)

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son. ...

Street of Shame (1956)

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law. ...

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955)

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. ...

Kurohyō (1953)

The End of the Night (1953)

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will lead to a long, dark night of the soul, while his lady love, a bar hostess, tries to cope with her sudden ...

The Paths of Two Maidens (1952)

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers. ...

Hahakoduru (1952)

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru (1949)

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara ...

These Foolish Times (1947)

Onna keizu (1942)

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel. ...

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

Feature film. ...

The Monkey King (1940)

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enom ...

Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)

Harikiri Boy (1937)

An early Tōhō salaryman musical. ...

Radio Queen (1935)