Keizō Kawasaki

Kigeki: Ohi Kaenasutte! (1970)

Your Favourite (1969)

I Sell My Husband (1968)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Women and Miso Soup (1968)

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother. ...

New Year Trip (1968)

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother. ...

Secret Love (1966)

An Innocent Witch (1965)

Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of her innocence and illusions. ...

Strange Triangle (1965)

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is pregnant and so he agrees to live with her. But he misses very much the other younger girl whom he saw a l ...

The Enforcer (1964)

A Public Benefactor (1964)

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness. ...

Love and Greed (1964)

Namiko is married, but has an infatuation with Ishizuka who runs a nightclub. The businessman is also planning on wrecking the company of Namiko's husband. As personal lives and professional careers intertwine and cross one another including a love triangl ...

Hot Spring Policeman (1963)

Whispering Death Beauty (1963)

Fujiko Niwa, a nurse, is in love with Dr. Suga, but fear clutches her heart when she overhears that Reiko, the Director's daughter, is coming to the hospital to see the man she hopes to marry. ...

Bury Me Deep (1963)

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman. ...

The Red Water (1963)

Comedy drama film ...

When Women Lie (1963)

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô). ...

Black Money (1963)

The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan. ...

Girls Born in August (1963)

Danchi fujin (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Diary of a Mad Old Man (1962)

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, fl ...

A Night to Remember (1962)

Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on. ...

Sutekina 16-sai (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is! (1962)

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of the Hajime Hana and the Crazy Cats. ...

Closing Time (1962)

Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop (1962)

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki. ...

23 Steps to Bed (1962)

An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who stole money from his firm to repay his son's debt. ...

Their Legacy (1962)

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He conside ...

Buddha (1961)

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals includ ...

Okoto and Sasuke (1961)

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō. ...

The Radiant Prince (1961)

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu's "Genji Monogatari" (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor's illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imper ...

Kawaii mendori ga utatta (1961)

Refresher Course for Wives (1961)

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with ...

Triangle Moods (1961)

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko. ...

Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961)

Blind Devotion (1961)

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke. ...

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. ...

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu (1960)

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo. ...

Fool's Love (1960)

A young man (Eiji Funakoshi) lavishes his complete attention and resources on a beautiful young girl (Junko Kano) who was picked up in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo. ...

Afraid to Die (1960)

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned wh ...

Mission Accomplished (1960)

A Woman's Testament (1960)

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male cli ...

Ripe and Marriageable (1959)

1959 youth comedy. ...

The White Road Across the River (1959)

Beauty the Enemy (1959)

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city. ...

The Cast-Off (1959)

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the r ...

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree (1959)

Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for Mariko, the second daughter of the bourgeois Todo family. The eldest daughter of the Todo family, Tomoe, is a typical bourgeois lady who secretly ...

The Makioka Sisters (1959)

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka. ...

The Snowy Heron (1958)

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her. ...

Hey, Nakamura-kun (1958)

The Women Divers (1958)

A youth movie depicting the love between college students. ...

Thirst (1958)

Love River (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. ...

The Precipice (1958)

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year's Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu's brother works. ...

Tokyo Eyes (1958)

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the daughter of a company president, creating a miniature picture of the youth of Tokyo that revolves around t ...

Advance Patrol (1957)

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find ou ...

On This Earth (1957)

Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with eac ...

Bride Candidate (1957)

The Blue Sky Maiden (1957)

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was. ...

The Betrothed (1957)

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel. ...

Night Butterflies (1957)

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival. ...

The Crowded Train (1957)

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, le ...

Itohan Monogatari (1957)

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era. ...

Daiei Studio is Bustling (1957)

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars. ...

Sound in the Mist (1956)

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsur ...

Undercurrent (1956)

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor. ...

Punishment Room (1956)

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game. ...

A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom they have not had. While Asako is a sweet young lady, Momoko, the eldest, goes out with whomever she wants, thus ...

Warning from Space (1956)

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer. ...

New Women’s Dialogue (1955)

A young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a one-on-one fight in which sparks fly! A cheerful youth film! ...