Ranko Hanai

Jacks and Jills (1956)

A 1956 color Japanese film starring Hibari Misora, Eri Chiemi, and Izumi Yukimura. The film was the second part of the "three girl" series of films from Toho studios ("So Young, So Bright", "Romantic Daughters", and "On Wings of Love"). ...

Appeal on the Cross (1956)

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan. ...

A Wife's Heart (1956)

A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jealous of the loan officer. ...

The Tale of Jiro (1955)

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother. ...

The Shiinomi School (1955)

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shim ...

Nonki saiban (1955)

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crim ...

Five Sisters (1954)

The story of five sisters. ...

Love Letter (1953)

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko. ...

Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo. ...

Sunset Over Mount Fuji (1952)

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi ...

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)

Repast (1951)

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage. ...

Miki, the Swordman (1951)

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle. ...

New Yuuden 2: Yuu Traffic (1951)

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki (Part 2 of 2) ...

New Yuuden (1951)

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki (Part 1 of 2) ...

Ginza Cosmetics (1951)

A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza. ...

Under the Blossoming Peach (1951)

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmos ...

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. ...

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf (1951)

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki ...

Guntō nanban-sen (1950)

1950 Japanese movie ...

Snow-Flake (1950)

Rinchi (1949)

Japanese noir. ...

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. ...

Living Image (1948)

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period. ...

A Second Life (1948)

1948 Japanese drama film. ...

Invitation to Happiness (1947)

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness ...

These Foolish Times (1947)

As Long as I Live (1946)

Duel at Yagyu Valley (1945)

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword and martial arts. Hozoin loses a series of matches with master swordsman Kozumi Ise-no-kami. Bitterly ashame ...

Nichijô no tatakai (1944)

The Way of Drama (1944)

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise contemporary events. ...

Searing Wind (1943)

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast furnaces that prevent increased production. The film was shot on location at the actual Yawata Steel Works ...

Military Song of the Morning Mist (1943)

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times. ...

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo's spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falli ...

Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa (1942)

Wings of Victory (1942)

Sky of Hope (1942)

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942. ...

The Poppy (1941)

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel. ...

A Fond Face from the Past (1941)

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short, thirty-six-minute film is Naruse's most moving negotiation of the militarist restrictions of the time, perhaps because ...

The Monkey King (1940)

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enom ...

Wife of a Lily (1940)

This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was famous for her seven different voices for men and women of all ages. ...

The Fighting Firemen (1939)

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the Ha-gumi group, from a samurai who is trying to kidnap her. Oshimo has feelings for Kichigoro. At this mome ...

Numazu Officer School (1939)

Japanese war movie ...

Old Songs (1939)

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends to economic prominence, the former samurai class faces a steady decline in status and traditional structure. ...

Blizzard Ronin (1939)

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane. ...

Ōma no tsuji (1938)

Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world. The turmoil of the end of the Edo period is depicted through the nameless Ichii people, centering on the main character of the Ha ...

Fallen Blossoms (1938)

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows of women in a geisha house in Kyoto by recounting the relationships of its inhabitants. ...

The Best Lord in Japan (1937)

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer Toraizo at a leisurely pace. The title of the play is "Notes of Lord Mito's Travels. This play caused great turm ...

The Woman Aiming for the Shogun (1937)

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man and a girl. The latter is the daughter of Shogun's former wife and also has revenge on her mind. The forme ...

Nangoku taiheiki (1937)

Japanese film. ...

Ishimatsu from the Forest (1937)

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film. ...

Yasubei Horibe (1936)

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios ...

Kuriyama Daizen (1936)

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi ...

Great Bodhisattva Pass (1935)

1930s Japanese film. ...

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935)

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it. ...

Kunisada Chūji (1935)

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost. ...

Gion Shigure (1933)

Banquet Under the Midnight Sun (1932)

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status. He nevertheless pursues her until her initial disgust breaks down into fondness, then romantic feelings, ind ...