Eiko Higashitani

Passport to Darkness (1959)

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer. ...

Tokyo Romance Way (1959)

1959 Japanese movie ...

The Night is Mine (1958)

Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lo ...

The Boy Who Came Back (1958)

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. ...

Why Cry (1958)

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Anko naze naku" by Takeo Fujishima. ...

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)

Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a ...

Dancing Sisters (1957)

It's been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her ...

Lunar Eclipse (1956)

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of young people in the agony of mistrust, love and hate with a powerful touch. ...

Song of the Underworld (1956)

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuy ...

Crazed Fruit (1956)

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. ...

Season of the Sun (1956)

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, ...

Seishun wo warera ni (1956)

Crossroad (1956)

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife's body, but along the way, he finds an ...

The Motherless (1955)

Japanese drama film. ...

The juvenile (1955)

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers ...

Striving to Live (1955)

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more. ...

Shinkon Tenki-zu (1954)