Akira Kishii

With Songs in My Heart

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a...

Sky of Hope

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples...

Kagebōshi

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague...

Souls in the Moonlight II

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, fol...

親馬鹿花合戦

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

The Monkey King

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou...

Lord Mito: All Star Version

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of S...

Souls in the Moonlight

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels...

音楽大進軍

A 1943 film.

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

The Happy Family

Japanese family drama.

Ginza Cancan Girls

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becomin...

Tokyo Detective Girl

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Toyuki

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan i...

Hibari’s Favorite 2

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

Souls in the Moonlight III

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the...

Wrestling-Ring Festival

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Diary of a Wandering Lord

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

Midair Circus

1958 Toei movie.

神変美女桜

The Scarlet Cherry Lord

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the...

Roughneck From Asama

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Ya...

Until Victory Day

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Kid Magician Sasuke

In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his fath...

Excursion to Treasure Isle

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted c...

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "...

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

Part two of two.

The Crimson Peacock

One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the...

Lovestruck Ronin

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

聟入り豪華船

Tokkan ekichô

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Yūkyō no mure

1948 Japanese movie

Four Hours of Terror

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato