Ureo Egawa

Mid-August Commotion (1962)

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War. ...

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Escape (1962)

Film about the 2-26 Incident. ...

Long Way to Okinawa (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger (1959)

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called "Kageboshi" (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. ...

Stormy Virtue (1959)

Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and against her will, she becomes Takehiko's wife. The day after the wedding, Yuri begins her silent revenge by not tal ...

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and ...

Kyōen Kobanzame (1958)

Japanese film, originally released in two parts. ...

Equinox Flower (1958)

Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refu ...

Holiday in Japan (1958)

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

Star Poisoning Case (1958)

Japanese crime film. ...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

Queen of Asia (1957)

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut. ...

Escapade in Japan (1957)

A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriended by a fisherman's son, with the two setting off on an unintended journey across the country. ...

Demon King of Yoja Manor (1957)

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles' star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro Hayatori, deputy director of Hayatori Hospital, grows suspicious of Akuri, founder of the new religion "Reihi-kyo ...

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an a ...

Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition (1956)

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive ...

The Storm (1956)

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone. ...

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (1956)

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. ...

Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala (1956)

1956 Japanese film, released in two parts. This is Part One. ...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet. ...

Appeal on the Cross (1956)

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan. ...

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō (1956)

Japanese youth film about kendo. ...

The Prosecutor and His Sister (1956)

Kensaku Yajima and Akiko are brother and sister. After a hard life, the brother becomes a prosecutor, but ironically, he is in charge of the corruption case of his sister's fiancée. This work pictures Kensaku, an older brother who abandons his personality ...

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman (1955)

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control. ...

Twilight Saloon (1955)

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find the ...

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 ...

Jirocho in Disgrace (1954)

Kenkyō edo-murasaki (1954)

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding. ...

Tree of Love (1954)

1954 Japanese movie ...

Yasen kangofu (1953)

In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens Yukiko's warmth but also sparks intense jealousy when Nemoto shows Keiko kindness. As the two bond over a shared ...

Sunset Over Mount Fuji (1952)

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi ...

Dimple of Tokyo (1952)

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family ...

Divorce (1952)

No overview. ...

Tsuki yori no haha (1951)

Japanese drama film. ...

Amakara chindōchū (1950)

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his former colleague, Sakamoto, leading him to become a secur ...

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious leg ...

Late Night Confession (1949)

Japanese mystery thriller. ...

Flirtation in Spring (1949)

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan. ...

Living Image (1948)

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

Kuro-uma no danshichi (1948)

The Age of Beginnings (1947)

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into tro ...

An Enemy of the People (1946)

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie ...

Four Marriages (1944)

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he is visiting to arrange an engagement for his friend who has been drafted to fight in the war. ...

The Man Who Waited (1942)

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts snooping around, however, he finds himself reluctantly drawn in to the case. ...

Green Earth (1942)

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japanese engineers also move to China, with their families, for the company in order to construct a canal. The ...

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. ...

Yukiko and Natsuyo (1941)

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940. ...

The Poppy (1941)

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

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

Feature film. ...

Oath on the Burning Sands (1940)

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands. ...

Wide and Fertile Land (1940)

In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies. ...

A Pebble by the Wayside (1938)

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wan ...

Unending Advance (1937)

One of Uchida's early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The survivin ...

Happy Times (1933)

A young couple is harrased by an uncle. ...

Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933)

Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge to be friends. But when a youth named Henry appears on his motorcycle and offers to take Sunako for a ride, we know that this friendship won't last and that ...

Apart from You (1933)

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy. ...

Island Girl (1933)

Japanese silent film. ...

Woman of Tokyo (1933)

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition. ...

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep (1933)

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of early Japanese sound cinema and the social milieux that Shochiku tended to depict. 'Virtually plotless, and fe ...

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs. ...

Moth-eaten Spring (1932)

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost. ...

First Steps Ashore (1932)

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide. ...

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter (1932)

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous Sone family. ...

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter (1931)

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the firs ...