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Bonds of Love (1969)

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new roman ...

High School Geisha (1968)

Woman Gambler Is Coming (1968)

Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin. ...

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire! (1967)

1967 Japanese movie ...

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda! (1967)

1967 Japanese movie ...

The Man from Planet Alpha (1966)

A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It is the sixth film in the Crazy Operation series where the lead role was handed over from Eikichi Ueki to Kei ...

Silence Has No Wings (1966)

After a young boy captures a rare butterfly in Nagasaki, a caterpillar begins a relay-trip toward the northern tip of Hokkaido, serving as a silent witness to a series of vignettes featuring people struggling with the psychological and social scars of post ...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University (1965)

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and cross paths with Professor Sakai's so ...

Hoodlum Soldier (1965)

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train. ...

Nami kage (1965)

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film. ...

The Enforcer (1964)

Sweet Sweat (1964)

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constan ...

Manji (1964)

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture. ...

Japan's No. 1 Braggart (1964)

When hopeful Olympic triple-jump competitor injures both his Achilles tendons, he discovers an old manuscript about self-confidence to join the best company in Japan try to triple-jump his way to the top and marry the company model (Mie Hama) in the bargai ...

Black Challenger (1964)

Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey to uncover corruption and exploitation stemming from those at the very top of society. ...

Pale Flower (1964)

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling. ...

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility (1963)

Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company. ...

The Maid Story (1963)

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and indep ...

Fifty-Fifty (1963)

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima. ...

Nonsense Boys (1963)

Japanese comedy film. ...

The Red Water (1963)

Comedy drama film ...

Black Dividend (1963)

Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love with Ibuki, reveals her firm's plans to him. She resigns when Ibuki blackmails her employer but Ibuki gains an ...

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai (1963)

Ensemble comedy. ...

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). ...

High and Low (1963)

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur's son but demand the ransom anyway. ...

Pressure of Guilt (1963)

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer. ...

Elegant Beast (1962)

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved. ...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant (1962)

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown. ...

Marriage of the Sky and the Sea (1962)

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaka. ...

Chûshingura (1962)

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor. ...

The Fencing Master (1962)

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New ...

Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Let's Meet in Our Dreams (1962)

Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she falls in love with two men, a petty thief and a music writer and teacher, and makes her way in the industr ...

Heso no taisho (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon (1962)

This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appreciated and he becomes a man of hatred. ...

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

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. ...

The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profliga ...

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Bad Reputation Returns (1961)

This is the 2nd in a series of films called The Akumyō (悪名, "bad name"). The series consists of seventeen yakuza films starring Shintaro Katsu and Jiro Tamiya, produced between 1960 and 1974. A remake and a direct-to-video sequel starring Kōji Matob ...

The Catch (1961)

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'. ...

Tale of a Company Boss 3 (1961)

A story about the nature of office workers today. ...

The End of Summer (1961)

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth. ...

Tough Guy (1961)

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her. ...

A Geisha's Diary (1961)

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person. ...

Red Flowers of Hell (1961)

1961 gangster film. ...

Yojimbo (1961)

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and ...

Love and Life (1961)

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura. ...

The Wayside Pebble (1960)

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the boy's family havin ...

The Masterless 47 (1960)

Part one of The Masterless 47. ...

Ponkotsu (1960)

In the shimotsuke town of Tokyo, Honmachi tenkawa Cho continues to take the remains of the car. One of them was inuzuka store where the man loved the machine. ...

Master Fencer Sees the World (1960)

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young man who has a master license menkyo kaiden in the art of swordsmanship, but weak against lies and women. A ...

Internees of Kampili (1960)

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied women and children interned in camp Kampili. Kampili is located some ten kilometers outside Macassar on the ...

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corp ...

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 Sand City in Manchuria (1960)

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople. ...

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men. ...

Police Precinct Part 12 (1960)

In a corner of a warehouse at Shiodome Station, a alumni trunk, is found with the terrible smell of decay. The dead body of a woman is inside. ...

Dakine no nagawakizashi (1960)

Tatsuo Osone movie ...

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her d ...

Fires on the Plain (1959)

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte. ...

The Adventures of Kantaro (1959)

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa. ...

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner o ...

The Black Hooded Man Rides Again (1959)

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord (1959)

Odd Obsession (1959)

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife. ...

Room for Let (1959)

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four l ...

High Teen (1959)

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when put in ...

A Whistle in My Heart (1959)

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state. ...

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Mich ...

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. ...

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period (1959)

Sixth entry in the Company President Series. ...

Accomplice (1958)

Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. ...

Detective Duel (1958)

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family. ...

Megitsune Buro (1958)

First Love of Okon (1958)

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap. ...

Giants and Toys (1958)

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies. ...

The Shop Curtain (1958)

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II. ...

Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistak ...

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. ...

Chance Meeting (1958)

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is Rentaro is not amused. Just afterwards she notices that he is reading a magazine which carries her picture ...

Warm Current (1957)

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl. ...

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 ...

Travel Romances (1957)

Romantic comedy. ...

Demonfire Palanquin (1957)

Geisha in the Old City (1957)

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and resilience. ...

Hadaka no Machi (1957)

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood (1957)

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro Imai (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)). Starring Achako Hanabishi (Segedei Momoshiki Goten), Tamao Nakamura (Akado Suz ...

Oshidori kenkagasa (1957)

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 ...

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. ...

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi (1957)

Fighting Fire Fighter (1956)

I Will Buy You (1956)

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers. ...

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956)

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat. ...

The Fiery Magistrate (1956)

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi ...

Undercurrent (1956)

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

Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita (1956)

Case of a Young Lord 3 (1956)

Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on at the Inner Palace, where a young woman who had served the Shogun came home in fear for her life. Will the Young Lord uncover the truth of what went on at t ...

Sisters of Gion (1956)

Darkness at Noon (1956)

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story. ...

Story of Second Class Private, Sequel (1956)

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse (1956)

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye (1956)

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business. ...

A Warrior's Flute (1955)

Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period. ...

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby (1955)

Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs (1955)

Hibari Misora musical. ...

Spring Voyage (1955)

Japanese youth film. ...

The Swordsman and the Actress (1955)

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose possession, for co ...

The Playful Fox and the Thousand Cherry Trees (1954)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Chronicle of the Bulbul (1952)

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato ...

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil (1952)

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato. ...

The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume (1950)

The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume (1950)

Haru ranman tanuki matsuri (1948)

Shachō to onna tenin (1948)

A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom (1947)