Dekao Yokoo

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpo...

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are pl...

King of the Land

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

I Flunked, But...

After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reasses...

South Wind 2

In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in Singapore w...

Tokyo File 212

A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War,...

The Man Without a Nationality

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Koibito

Marching On

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a fr...

The Big City: Labor

Young Lady

Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young m...

Tipsy Life

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural co...

New Journey of Yaji and Kita

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa

Jiruba no Tetsu

Odoru ryûgûjô

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elepha...

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

The King of Sports

Kaihin no joô

Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.

Geisha Girl

Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad sci...

Kaguya Hime

Toho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.

The Age of Emotion

A young man torn between love and friendship.

A Smiling Life

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Sankichi the Flying Squirrel

Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstandi...

A Wife Quits

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she...