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An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in...
The Bear Storm
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying...
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie
Hana to ryu
Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she...
Phoenix
1962 Japanese movie
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Masakichi Murase has just been released from prison and appears in a fishing port town. Two Yakuza families have been feuding in this city for a long...
Return to Kanto Prison
1961 Japanese movie
Kusa wo karu musume
Kawa wa nagareru
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...
Alone Across the Pacific
In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...
Jakoman and Tetsu
A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized...
Saigo no totsugeki
The Frozen Plains
Gonin no totsugeki tai
East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the...
Funny Friend: The Baby and Express
零戦黒雲一家
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case....
Badge of the Night
A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher...
A Chorus of One Million People
"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle...
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo...
濡れ髪権八
Secret Club 000
Boku chin hōrō-ki
Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and...
若い川の流れ
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...
Aruhi watashi wa
A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
Rampaging Dog
Ai to shi no katami
ゆがんだ月
Kyōshū
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while...
The Bogus Policeman
男の哀愁
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...
New Tokyo March
Our Planes Fly South
A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his...
Brand of Evil
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
ドリフターズですよ!盗って盗って盗りまくれ
Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
The Pretty Jade
On a passenger ship to Japan, the journalist Kawase encounters a man who claims to be a Filipino, but Kawase believes he is a murder suspect who fled...
A World For Two
Japanese drama film.
Nikoyon monogatari
A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.
Morning for the Osone Family
Teen Age Trap
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.
Battle of Roses
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...
Our Town
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Pigs and Battleships
Japanese crime film.
I'm Not the Criminal
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first...
Appassionata
This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her...
Love in the Mud
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her...
Forever a Woman
The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo...
The Ghost of Iwojima
Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his...
The Last Song
Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections...
The Wild Daisy
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a...
Red Pier
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...
Tokyo Story
Immoral Lecture
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.
Tokyo no Kodoku
A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this deeply moving literary epic.
The Barefoot Girl
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
Black Thief
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Street of Violence
Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for...
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
Ame no meguri ai
Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Woman Gambler and the Nun
Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Two Enemy Women Gamblers
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
Penitentiary Brothers
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...
Port of Flowers
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Nikutai no hankō
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th...
The Great Duel
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime...
Dice and Swords
A Circus Girl
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town...
The Rambler in the Sunset
The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.
Five Ronins
Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...
Victory of Women
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her...
Yakuza Ladies
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt...
Crossroad
Yōko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo.
That Wonderful Guy
Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr....
Fresh Leaves
Three years had passed since Ichiro Takeo left Japan. He was a young physician with a promising future, until his medical error caused the death of a...
Rainbow Over Kinmon
Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.
Saijo katagi
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.
Always in My Heart Part 3
In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has...
The Symbol of a Man
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s...
Hungry Soul
A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.
Ningen Gari
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful...
Dancing Sisters
The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed
Saigo no sentō-ki
In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of...
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...
Hungry Soul, Part II
In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the...
Tales of Ginza
Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.
Passion and Rifle Bullets
A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But...
Young Miss Executive
A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek revenge only to fall in love with the daughter of...
The Black Scar
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving...
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground
Abashiri Prison
The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...
Twenty-Year-Old Youth
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is...
Pretty Devil Yoko
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,...
Yakuza of Seki
Secret Love
Every Wife Cannot Stand Still
Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
Rumba of Passion
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his...
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Osaka no kaze
When a Man Risks His Life
Shinkon Tenki-zu
Sad Whistling
Odoru ryûgûjô
Knock Down
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Dianas of the Campus
A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hibari no Circus Sad Kobato" starring Hibari Misora...
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
Windy Street
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.
Time and Tide
1953 Japanese movie
Ganpeki