Tomiko Ishii

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the five-day...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Youki Kudoh

Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Meiko Kaji

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Teruhiko Aoi

An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Masato Furuoya

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tamio Kawachi

An insecure young Asian man meets an interesting sensual European woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Goro Inagaki

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jitsuko Yoshimura

Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Midori Kinouchi

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tomiko Ishii

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo,...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf.

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Cast: Saburo Kitajima

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Cast: Jackie Satô

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

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 woman...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yûko Natori

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Noboru Andō

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hideo Murata

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara

The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shirō Sano

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

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Cast: Koji Tsuruta

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Makoto Satō

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Shinta is a sixth grader in Kawasaki City a troublemaker that dreams to become a soccer player. Yoshiko, a classmate who moved to Kawasaki from Iwate...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitoshi Abe

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

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Cast: Yûko Mizushima

Daisuke Bamba (Hiroki Konno) has a complex about his physical traits. He wants to become a director, but doesn't know what to shoot. Daisuke Bamba...

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Cast: Hiroki Konno

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsunehiko Watase

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto

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Cast: Mako Midori

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Cast: Miki Mori

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near...

Genre: Music

Cast: Koji Yakusho

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kanbi Fujiyama

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chosuke Ikariya

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

Genre: War

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Chiemi Eri

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jō Shishido

Second film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Akira Nakao

Strange events plague the Aoyama family's residence, led by samurai Aoyama Harima. Three months earlier, Harima was asked to show a family heirloom,...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chinpei Hayashiya

#16 in the series, after "Futures Trading Hell."

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Cast: Riki Takeuchi

Kumazou, a "cleaner" for hire, encounters a woman attempting to commit suicide with her two young siblings one night. Kumazou gives them all the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bunta Sugawara