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A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Early Spring
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
Hachiko
The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...
Scarred Yosaburo
Nocturnal Lights
The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit...
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
1962 Japanese movie
Haru no sanmyaku
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the comic...
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Street of Shame
湖愁
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in...
Victory and Defeat
Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa
Wedding March
Kono ni uruwashi
A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
Duel in the Sun
Oogonju
The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...
The Song Lantern
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...
Bridge of Japan
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
Floating Weeds
Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
Nippon Irresponsible Guy
Dupe
1954 Japanese movie
Koina no Ginpei
Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend...
Women of the Night
The romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.
Aru yo no seppun
Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
Women Doing Time
Night Scandal
Girl in College
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...
The Broken Commandment
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...
Yearning
On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.
The Wild Geese
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
The Body
A village romantic drama. (Now lost.)
Ah, My Hometown
Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and decides to let her board.
Before Spring
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
Being Two Isn't Easy
A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.
The Straits of Love and Hate
Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film...
Hibari no komoriuta
Kyū-chan ondo
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Moken no himitsu
Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its...
18 Roughs
Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.
The Story of Shunkin
Secret Club 000
Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
When a Woman Loves
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...
Sound in the Mist
Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...
Mistress of a Foreigner
Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?
The Man From Chungking
A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Directed by Minoru Murata.
Osumi and Her Mother
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
母山彦
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...
The Precipice
Former boxer Goro Kawasaki was attacked by the organizer of the fights for knocking out his opponent because he could not stand the fight. He is...
Confronting Fear
俺は死なない
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she...
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Mamoru Hirayama, the sales manager of Clover Shoji, a women's underwear manufacturer, was selected by President Usui to be the manager of the foreign...
喜劇 右向けェ左!
This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...
An Heir's Place
Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes...
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Tsuki yori no shisha
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...
Ikiru
A Certain Woman
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1945 Japanese movie
Saigo no kikyō
Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. One day Shino came to like a thief (Yoshioka) who...
Four and A Half Mats
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
Repast
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...
Lightning
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...
Brother and Sister
Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...
Ginza Cancan Girls
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
The Pretty Jade
Who Is the Criminal?
Ex-war financier Kuraishi Kinnosuke is visited by a ghostly face in the middle of the night telling him to return the 5.5 million yen jewel he stole...
A face glowing at night
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
The Makioka Sisters
A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
A Mother's Love
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Bot-chan
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
The Song of the Cart
Japanese war film.
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
A youthful film filled with youth and passion, set against the backdrop of the ocean and filled with admiration for a dynamic young man and the heart...
Training Ship of Yearning
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
Stakeout
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche,...
Miss Lonely
Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of...
An Innocent Witch
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by...
Moment of Terror
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...
The Golden Demon
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.
Eriko
Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor.
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...
The Woman Who Touched Legs
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...
The Life of a Horse Trader
A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.
Elegy of the North
A story about club hostesses in Osaka.
The Bad Guy Blues
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...
Two in the Shadow
A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house.
The Feast of Gion
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
Love's Family Tree
Japanese comedy film.
Akireta musumetachi
A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.
Portrait of Madame Yuki
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...
Snow Country
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...
Stray Dog
Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.
Fantasy of Youth
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.
Adults Games
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931
And Yet They Go On
Erotic drama.
The Secret Ceremony
I Sell My Husband
Snow-Flake
One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and...
Refresher Course for Wives
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...
Tokyo Omnibus
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named...
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
An inspirational teacher is the focus of this Japanese drama. After his friend kills himself, Natsuki takes a teaching job on an isolated island. His...
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...
Nippon no obaachan
母子鶴
Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
A Ripple in a Morning
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...
Game of Chance
The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunderstandings created by the people surrounding...
Young Lovers
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...
A Woman's Testament
Futari dake no hashi
A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.
The Tiger of Malaya
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Tokyo Twilight
A love melodrama.
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without...
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...
Twenty-Four Eyes
She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako was attending another wedding reception that...
The Passionate Spinster
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their...
The Rainbow Man
Tsukinode no ketto
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love...
Tora-san's Pure Love
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...
The Water Magician
Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.
Itohan Monogatari
A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Gateway to Glory
Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...
Twice on a Certain Night
A Woman's Life
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match...
A Man Among Men
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream...
Destroyer Yukikaze
An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both...
Flower Cards Chivalry
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
Yanagase Blues
Nocturnal Gate
Inazuma Kaidō
Fighting Letter for 29 People
The Magistrate
Seisaku no tsuma
Teinen Taishoku
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...
New Snow
Passion to Soar
While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
Children Seeking a Mother
Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa
Goodbye, Hello
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
Mother
The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who...
A Grain of Wheat
Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
Chained Bitch
Color