Shinobu Muraki

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)

Noh Mask Murders (1991)

The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson. ...

Goaisatsu (1991)

An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu. ...

Buddies (1989)

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

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)

Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send her mother to a sanatorium and be adopted by him, although she refuses to accept. On the Buddhist All Soul's ...

Princess from the Moon (1987)

Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter. ...

Actress (1987)

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi. ...

The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)

Ran (1985)

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons. ...

Ohan (1984)

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy. ...

The Makioka Sisters (1983)

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between ...

Lonely Heart (1981)

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case. ...

Wings of Icarus' Flight (1980)

A young man who travels around the world with a camera in his hand finds the circus a fascinating subject. The huge tents and life-threatening acrobatics were filled with dreams, laughter, and excitement. From that moment on, his destiny changes. While liv ...

Glowing Autumn (1978)

A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer. Lecherous Saburi Shin knows what she wants, and is able to produce it for her. ...

Island of Hell (1977)

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

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 ...

Two Iida (1976)

Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair awaits their return, unaware the sister died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. ...

Between Women and Wives (1976)

Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress. ...

ESPY (1974)

Two Japanese spies with extrasensory powers go to Istanbul to stop a global agenda of assassinations. ...

Marco (1973)

A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's relationship with the powerful Kublai Khan. ...

Long Journey into Love (1973)

A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono. ...

Red Target (1972)

A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer discovers the set-up behind the killing - that a laboratory is being set up by a Nazi organization to capture and train talented youth and that the photographer was ...

To Love Again (1971)

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one another. ...

The Creature Called Man (1970)

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man. ...

Sun Above, Death Below (1968)

Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer. ...

My Brother, My Love (1968)

Japanese romance film. ...

Good-bye Moscow (1968)

Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the dissident youth of the city, and again finds life empty. ...

The Crazy Adventure (1965)

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters. ...

You Can Succeed, Too (1964)

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan. ...

The Sun is Calling You (1963)

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman. ...

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. ...

3 Dolls and Baby Gang (1961)

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe. ...

Acchan no bebi gyangu (1961)

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe. ...

Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and gets involved with two opposing yakuza gangs. ...

The Dangerous Kiss (1960)

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion. ...

The Lost Alibi (1960)

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and ...

The Capital of Love (1958)

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess. ...

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume (1955)

So Young, So Bright (1955)

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars. ...

The Lovers (1953)

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves. ...

The Blue Revolution (1953)

Tama from 3rd Street, please! Find Momochan! (1993)

Momo-chan, the pet cat of the Hanazaki family, goes missing after being kidnapped by another cat during a family trip. To help Momo-chan's owner, Emi-chan, who has lost all her energy, and to find Momo-chan, Tama and the others set out on a journey to sear ...