Norihei Miki

The Hidden Festival (1998)

Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecessor almost managed to convince the island's 17 inhabitant ...

Sada (1998)

The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis. ...

Pom Poko (1994)

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancien ...

Kachô Shima Kôsaku (1992)

Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane ...

High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono (1992)

Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho. ...

A Legend of Turmoil (1992)

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters. ...

Strawberry Road (1991)

Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural California and start a strawberry farm, slowly integrating themselves into the life of the community, which includes Japanese-Americans of both lengthy and brie ...

Buddies (1989)

Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. ...

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent ...

Only 5 Grams (1988)

Asuka Kotobuki, a junior college student, is in the middle of her job hunting. She spends all her time visiting companies and taking job exams, but her honesty and truthful personality causes her to keep receiving rejection notices. ...

Oración (1988)

Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by T ...

Hachiko (1987)

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death. ...

Zegen (1987)

At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, s ...

Tokyo Blackout (1987)

Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome-shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The ...

Wandering -SASURAI- (1986)

A high school girl becomes convinced that her mother, who was said to have died fourteen years ago, is alive and residing in Hokkaido. ...

Like a Savage (1985)

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble. ...

Fire Festival (1985)

Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways. ...

Make-Up (1984)

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. Bu ...

The Man from Shimizu (1982)

On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a gambling den, where he bets the condolence money for his mother's funeral. No surprise to learn he loses the l ...

Suspicion (1982)

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako ...

Blue Jeans Memory (1981)

A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her. ...

Eijanaika (1981)

The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a ...

Magnitude 7.9 (1980)

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored. ...

Demon Pond (1979)

When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town's inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in th ...

Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable (1978)

This film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue, which tells the story of a comedian who teams up with a strange man he meets while traveling, and the two become very popular in Asakusa while performing their unusual acts. ...

Queen Bee (1978)

To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all. ...

Island of Hell (1977)

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. ...

Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo. ...

Lullaby to Kill (1977)

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the mu ...

The Inugami Family (1976)

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood. ...

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women (1975)

Machi no Hi (1974)

Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex brokerage. Choromatsu is partnered with Umekichi, whom he calls "big brother," in this business. They live on the ...

The Ghostly Trip (1972)

The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is by Keiji Maruyama. ...

Kigeki: Hanayome sensô (1971)

The Instant Services Bureau (1971)

Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office. ...

300 Million Yen Mission (1971)

Love of Saturday (1970)

Nemoto Ritsuko is the girlfriend of Kuroki Tamotsu. Both are 22 years old. Ritsuko lives with her father, Shingo, a piano tuner and city hall clerk. Meanwhile, Tamotsu is a small club's pianist in Yokohama. Ritsuko, close to the age of marriage, is worried ...

Our Miyo-chan (1969)

Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl. ...

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club (1969)

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory toge ...

Travels of Lord Mito (1969)

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant. ...

Madcap Mixup (1969)

Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups. ...

Scrap Collectors (1968)

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka. ...

I Sell My Husband (1968)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Everybody, Let's Go! (1967)

A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder... ...

The Daphne (1966)

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them. ...

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 ...

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money. ...

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Thro ...

Five Gents' Trick Book (1965)

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series. ...

The Scent of Incense (1964)

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble. ...

Dislikes (1964)

An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a trip with the girl, but they are followed by a yakuza and all hell breaks loose. ...

3 Gents in the Snow Country (1964)

Shûe Matsubayashi movie ...

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag (1964)

Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the Yomiuri Giants. Nagashima nickname was 'Mr. Giants. ...

Hail the 3 Gents (1964)

A lighthearted satire of Japan's postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman's Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy with the polished charm of 1960s salaryman cinema. When mild-mannered secretary Tsutomu Harada's wedding is postponed ...

For Love and Money (1963)

Jolly Barbers (1963)

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (1963)

1963 Japanese movie ...

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 ...

Nonsense Boys (1963)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai (1963)

Ensemble comedy. ...

Travel Stories of a Company President (1963)

It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series. The president of the U. s.solar paint, heitaro Domoto (Morishige), has become completely American, and plans to rationalize the company to the American styl ...

Pachinko (1962)

Comedy directed by Horiuchi Manao ...

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

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

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

My Hobo (1962)

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who become a most atypical Japanese family. ...

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

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. ...

Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen (1962)

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn. ...

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo (1962)

The Dangoro Party in the Sky (1962)

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small ...

Pleasant Company (1962)

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

A Country Boss (1962)

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage. ...

This Year's Love (1962)

Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight. Although she gave the cold shoulder to Tadashi, she gradually became fond of Tadashi. ...

Nippon no obaachan (1962)

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With n ...

Shimizu Port Salaryman (1962)

Snow in the South Seas (1961)

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions. ...

Boss Takes to the Road (1961)

Japanese comedy film. ...

A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, but Hitoshi is not satisfied with the situation. ...

Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū (1961)

1961 Japanese movie ...

Sararīman yajikita dōchū (1961)

1961 Japanese movie ...

I Love Money More Than Anybody (1961)

Japanese comedy film. ...

An Angel is Chasing Me (1961)

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only to find himself embroiled in a thrilling and hilarious journey involving money and women. ...

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines (1960)

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

The Three Magicians (1960)

Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest (1959)

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original le ...

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II (1959)

7th film in the President series and the first entry in color. ...

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period (1959)

Sixth entry in the Company President Series. ...

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)

1958 Japanese movie ...

The Naked General (1958)

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

Holiday in Japan (1958)

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding. ...

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 Third President (1958)

The fifth entry in the Company President Series ...

Assistant President (1958)

The 4th movie in the Sacho series ...

Teenage Sazae (1957)

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color. ...

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957)

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban. ...

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban. ...

Birth of Romance (1957)

The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari Misora to perform. Musical youth comedy with young actors, passion, funny songs and laughter. Hibari Mi ...

Sazae-san Sequel (1957)

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

Ôban (1957)

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban. ...

Tenten Musume (1956)

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts. ...

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. ...

Three Generations of Company Presidents (1956)

The third installment in the Shacho Series. ...

Night School (1956)

Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. ...

The President Talks Bank (1956)

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements. ...

Runaway Bride (1956)

Masura o hashutsu fukai (1956)

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series. ...

The President's Boss (1956)

A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter. ...

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby (1955)

Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip (1955)

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell (1954)

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he h ...

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo (1954)

Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance" ...