Eiichi Takamura

Afraid to Die

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life in...

Superexpress

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract...

The Crowded Train

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look bu...

Odd Obsession

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become arouse...

Gamera vs. Barugon

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is bro...

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce com...

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as...

On This Earth

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works...

The Most Valuable Wife

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is mar...

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an...

Warm Current

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women...

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, he...

The Cast-Off

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his co...

She Came For Love

Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a love...

Black Report

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

Advance Patrol

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia...

Outlaw island

The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors...

A Woman's Testament

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financi...

Jū nana-sai no dangai

1957 Japanese movie

Black Test Car

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about...

While Yet a Wife

A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to...

The Red Water

Comedy drama film

The Precipice

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The inv...

Mother

A Woman's Gamble

Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring w...

Fools at Work

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

Hot Spring Policeman

The Burdened Sisters

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Princess and I

1962 Japanese movie

The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this c...

Red Love, Green Love

Ninja in a Business Suit

An industry research director, Isomura, is killed in a suspected hit-and-run, but his employee, Hinuma, believe...

Chibusa

Japanese drama film.

Ashita kara otona da

1960 Japanese movie

のど自慢三羽烏

The Sentimental Idiot

Performing every night for an audience of male admirers, cabaret singer Yuri captures the attention of Yoshio T...