Toshio Hosokawa

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Ogata

The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshio Hosokawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Kogure

Horror film about a killer dwarf.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takashi Fujiki

With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kinuko Obata

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shoji Nakayama

Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Utsui

Crime film distributed by Taiho.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shūji Sano

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Kishi

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tadao Takashima

Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Tadao Takashima

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.

Genre: War

Cast: Miyuki Takakura

On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Japanese film about motorcycle racing.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Tazaki

During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not...

Genre: War

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Susumu Fujita

Japanese mystery film marking Yuka Mizuhara's film debut.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Genre: Action

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

Genre: War

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Based on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. It follows Ippei Yasuda, son of a prominent...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masato Hoshi

It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yōko Mihara

Japanese spy film.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Yōichi Numata

A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white snake helped by a young man transfers to a...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kinuko Obata

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Jirô Ishizaki

The son of an executioner and the assassin he loved yet murdered learns of his origins, leaving his foster parents to avenge his mother's death.

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Teruo Yoshida

A widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Uehara

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.

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Cast: Eisaku Shindô

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche...

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Cast: Bunta Sugawara

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mieko Takamine

Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Miyuki Takakura

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!...

Genre: War

Cast: Martin Balsam

A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Genre: War

Cast: Shin Saburi

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūzaburō Nakamura

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

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Cast: Tomio Aoki

Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Special Comfort Women Association" (RAA)...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuko Obata

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kōji Matsubara

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

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Cast: Michiko Kuwano

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshio Hosokawa

Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in...

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Cast: Hideko Takamine

A boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his eyes set on becoming an eagle.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Hayama