Kan Ishii

Journey (1967)

Pomegranate Time (1967)

Comedy-drama about university tennis players. ...

Three Faces of Love (1967)

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. ...

Double Wedding (1963)

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka (1962)

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her. ...

Deep River Melody (1960)

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

The Princess Sen (1954)

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather. ...

An Heir's Place (1953)

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by Hasegawa Kuzuo who went on to become familiar among Ichikawa Kon fans as Yukinojo in An Actor's Revenge, which w ...

Koi no rantō (1951)

"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she starts performing at a cabaret in Yokohama. Her mother, already settled, found about Reika's whereabouts, ...

Nightshade Flower (1951)

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

The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951)

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly plays a constantly intoxicated geisha in this all-star entertainment film. ...

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki ...

Snow-Flake (1950)

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo (1949)

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 leader is. ...

The Sword (1945)

In 19th-century Japan, a young swordsmith is determined to make the best sword possible after an inferior one he made indirectly led to the death of his guardian. ...

Goju no to (1944)

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda. ...

The Song Lantern (1943)

A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father ...