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An uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a good-natured sandwich man, set against the backdrop of the...
娘の修学旅行
A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the...
Nenneko Shain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...
Fires on the Plain
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
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
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
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
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...
Afraid to Die
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
Red Love, Green Love
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Swift Current
Gonin no totsugeki tai
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of...
Seisaku's Wife
A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the...
The Most Valuable Wife
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 dead lover returns as a ghost
Kiri no yoru no kyōfu
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
Hole in One
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
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...
When Women Lie
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him...
The Money Dance
Order of Yakuza
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...
Bonchi
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
歌う野球小僧
のど自慢三羽烏
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...
The Cast-Off
Ashita au hito
Comedy drama film
The Red Water
Danchi fujin
Fūshinraishin
Theater of Life: Youth Version
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
Closing Time
1945 Japanese movie
Who Is the Criminal?
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Black Report
Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Song of Happiness
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.
Beauty the Enemy
ホラ吹き太閤記
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...
Odd Obsession
Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor.
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
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
An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A...
Five Scouts
A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
Farewell Song
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich...
Warm Current
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
Okoto and Sasuke
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Night Butterflies
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his...
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
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
Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through...
Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in...
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...
Advance Patrol
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
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Giants and Toys
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...
A Geisha's Diary
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...
A Pebble by the Wayside
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
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...
The Great White Tower
A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.
The Naked Town
Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.
Earth
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
Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty...
On This Earth
Hot Spring Policeman
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Across the Darkness
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...
Unending Advance
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Love and Life
A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Fools at Work
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
The Phantom Horse
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Mangorō Tengu
Fighting Fire Fighter
Gion Shigure
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...
The Crowded Train
A bride suddenly disappears from the wedding venue, and her boyfriend begins searching for her. Things get hectic around the two of them.
Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi
Love, Fireworks and Fire Bombs
三万両五十三次
When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...
The Judo Champ