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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
Seven Samurai
Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick...
The Life of a Horse-Trader
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...
Striving to Live
1962 Japanese movie
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
A Woman's Life
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Dotanba - Last Minute
Dotanba
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
The Invisible Wall
Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
Today is Payday
Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
Riverside Fish Market Empire
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
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
Third film of the yoidore hakase series
Drunken Harbor
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...
Three Outlaw Samurai
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.
The Emperor's Hat
一本刀土俵入
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from...
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
At the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope locked her in a "painting". Visualization based on...
Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
I Will Buy You
Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as the daughter-in-law of Koichi, the eldest son of...
Flower Season
Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a microcosm...
Twilight Saloon
Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by...
Scars of Honor
After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning...
Ironfinger
An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.
A Billionaire
Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.
Yakuza Official
Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut.
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence....
元祿美少年記
Abekobe dōchū
A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.
Evening Calm
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
Koko ni otoko ari
Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji),...
Sisters
Comedy drama film
The Red Water
Jidaigeki by Tai Kato
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Is it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry...
限りなき情熱
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...
New Tokyo March
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the...
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...
A Wanderer's Notebook
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...
An Inn at Osaka
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...
Policeman's Diary
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Bot-chan
Japanese film.
Santōshain to onna hisho
Japanese horror television movie from 1978.
Flower Cross
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.
The Paper Crane
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...
The Phantom Goblin
In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives Club must capture the Bronze Monster, a giant...
The Bronze Monster
5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds.
The Horizon Glitters
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
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
A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.
The Tokyo Dame
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
The Human Wall
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together...
The Yen Family
In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents...
Yellow Crow
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...
Children of Hiroshima
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
Black Thief
Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is...
Dreaming People
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Street of Violence
A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a...
Born Under Crossed Stars
A gritty, noirish gangster saga.
The Revenge and the Death
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
Japanese drama film.
Seikurabe
Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.
The Bandits
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...
Secret of The Golden Spell
A musical comedy.
Love Fantasia
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization...
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that...
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
Tange Sazen and the Princess
The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...
Tattoo of Love
In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden...
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make...
Hawaiian Dream
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and...
The Hoodlum Priest
Japanese comedy film.
I Sell My Husband
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the...
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...
His Scarlet Cloak
An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their...
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. ...
Samurai from Somewhere
One night a Goblin father came home gave his son a red handball. But the boy was shocked to hear that his father picked it up in front of the house...
Goblin & "Yuki-Usagi" (Snow-Hare)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.
Island of the Evil Spirits
A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his...
Prey
When an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to Hamamatsu to find a better direction in life. However,...
A Young Rabble
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...
Maria of the Ant Village
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth...
Love and Duty
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...
Down Town
The Harbor Lights
In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of...
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
The Rickshaw Man
A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.
Mighty Shosuke
A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But...
Young Miss Executive
Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.
Carmen's Innocent Love
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and...
Happiness of Us Alone
A young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting.
Virgin Blues
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in...
The Spying Sorceress
The Big Ambition
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
The Street Without Sun
A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.
Sex Up And Down
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
Speed Crazy
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.
Revenge for His Lover
Police Precinct Part 5
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...
Doctor's Day Off
A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is...
Modern People
Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...
Aiyoku no sabaki
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An...
Dancing Girls of Izu
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...
Typhoon
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.
Traveling with Breeze
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
This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night. The virgin wife, who...
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