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Love in the North (1976)

Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako. ...

Kandagawa (1974)

Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the R ...

Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa (1973)

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike ...

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit (1968)

A unique depiction of the awakening of male and female sexuality in youth. ...

Yakuza of Seki (1963)

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yata ...

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter (1963)

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge (1963)

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized ...

The Third Will (1963)

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father. ...

Mist and Shadows (1961)

A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate f ...

The Spear of Heroism (1961)

Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with o ...

Brothers of Fire (1960)

Japanese film. ...

Youth in Fury (1960)

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble f ...

One Way Ticket to Love (1960)

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer. ...

Goodbye to Glory (1960)

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country. ...

Love in the Mountains (1959)

A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attractive joy of first love, and separation is like parting with life. The mother-daughter duet with Isuzu Yamad ...

Ai no Noutan (1959)

The Invisible Wall (1958)

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto. ...

Madame Butterfly (1954)

Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera. ...