Fujio Murakami

Gamera vs. Gyaos

Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to slice things...

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue a...

Dog of Fortune

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

The Gambler's Code

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he mu...

Tengoku wa doko da

Japanese drama.

Have Wings on Your Heart

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again

Tokyo Emmanuelle

After the director's message, "I visualize the romance of Roman Porn and I attempt to share that image," a loos...

Weekend Shuffle

First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same titl...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Closing Time

Santōshain to onna hisho

Japanese film.

Ghost in the Regiment

Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns...

Holiday in Japan

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Murder in the Deep

Contemporary drama of action-oriented photographer who scuba-dives. He witnesses an accident that appears to be...

Gonin no totsugeki tai

Typhoon Reporter

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A...

Fūshinraishin

1962 Japanese movie

You and I

The Money Dance

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it e...

Black Trump Card

Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top...

誘拐

1962 Japanese movie

Demon King of Yoja Manor

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on...

Modae

This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their...

Bury Me Deep

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion...

Botchan no yakyūō

1958 Japanese movie

Trump Card of Revenge

The Midday Trap

A businessman who dreams of a successful career ends up embroiled in a murder case after a love affair.

Tsukinode no ketto

Soldiers' Girls

Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Spec...

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.

Impure Nuns

A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns.

What Price Love?

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated histori...

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of...

Fun on the Run

Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.