Eiji Funakoshi

Romansu

The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with...

Netchū Jidai

This light-hearted comedy tells the story of a young man who chooses to become a teacher and struggles to live...

Kumo no Jutan

The 17th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Asaji as a woman who wants to become a pilot.

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

Secret Magistrate Asahina

Ometsuke Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo - holds the position of inspector overseeing the daimyo on behalf of th...

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and lef...

Blind Beast

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse...

Ten Dark Women

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woma...

Gamera, the Giant Monster

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ic...

Summer Department Store Story

Within the hectic environment of a modern department store, new employees struggle to learn their jobs and main...

A Lustful Man

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that...

Town of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the l...

Afraid to Die

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

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a cour...

Manji

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

Elegant Beast

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their o...

The Great White Tower

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa Univ...

Superexpress

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

The Most Valuable Wife

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

The Little Runaway

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning...

An Actor's Revenge

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ag...

Being Two Isn't Easy

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well...

Advance Patrol

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

Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college stude...

A Certain Woman

The Broken Commandment

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confidin...

The Night before Pearl Harbor

The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of...

A Woman's Testament

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

The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Gamera vs. Guiron

Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There,...

The Crowded Train

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

Stolen Pleasure

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her fut...

女の家庭

Rabble Tactics

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf...

The Wandering Princess

Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocratic family....

A Design for Dying

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsu...