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During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...
Five Men of Edo
The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...
Spring Snow
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Early Spring
Historical drama about two samurai who fight over everything yet unite together to fight an evil lord.
Kenkagarasu
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...
Equinox Flower
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...
A Japanese Tragedy
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
Shuzenji Monogatari (The Mask and Destiny) is based on a 12th-century Japanese legend. An abortive royal romance leads to an escalating series of...
The Mask and Destiny
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
Sincere Heart
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy...
The Ballad of Narayama
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...
The Tattered Wings
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...
New Tokyo March
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.
The Eternal Rainbow
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...
Thus Another Day
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
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...
Ejima and Ikushima
彼を殺すな
男の哀愁
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken...
その手にのるな
母恋草
Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent...
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
The Bridal Night Again
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
Donto ikōze
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
The Hidden Treasure
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
An Ishiro Honda Film.
Night School
Hearts A-Flutter
The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a...
Love du Jour
It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Chushingura
Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
Rumba of Passion
A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his...
Homecoming