BÚSQUEDA
1962 Japanese movie
情熱の詩人啄木
Kurohyō
The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...
The Song Lantern
Film adaptation of the hit song
Tokyo Rhapsody
A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu,...
Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between...
Her Brother
Karakuri musume
The Village Bride
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 dead lover returns as a ghost
Kiri no yoru no kyōfu
The Midday Trap
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
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during...
Sentimental Mobsters
Order of Yakuza
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
Kakkoii wakamono tachi
Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?
The Man From Chungking
The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is...
Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps.
Ah Special Attack Corps
Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom...
A Rainbow at Every Turn
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
Comedy drama film
The Red Water
Futari no hitomi (二人の瞳, Futari no hitomi, The Eyes of Two People) a.k.a. Girls Hand in Hand (USA title) is a 1952...
The Eyes of Two People
A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...
浅草の夜
Theater of Life: Youth Version
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Closing Time
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Night River
1947 Japanese movie
Kokoro tsuki nogotoku
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
Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...
Typhoon Reporter
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
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 story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako at the Metropolitan Zoo.
The Elephant Who Waited
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
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
Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
The Woman Champion
A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honourable side of himself, and maybe some form...
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Two Enemy Women Gamblers
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
A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in...
The Revengeful Spirit of Eros
母子鶴
The film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to...
Throwing the Soul Away
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
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
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
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
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
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is...
Gamera vs. Barugon
1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
On This Earth
The General, Staff and Soldiers
In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies.
Wide and Fertile Land
Sôbô
A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...
The Lowest Man
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
The Phantom Horse
Otôsan no uta dokei
A Storm Zone
Tokyo Gambler
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
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
The White Road Across the River
Bride Candidate
Nine Hours of Terror
Mother