Hajime Izu

Stray Dog

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Despe...

Android Kikaider

A transforming super-android, on the run from an evil organization, fights rampaging robot monsters and helps h...

The Three Treasures

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his fa...

Kikaida: Android of Justice

A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded...

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumi...

Battle Anthem

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

The Rocking Horsemen

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their...

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptio...

The Eagle of the Pacific

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgiving...

Sudden Rain

Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off,...

The Yoshida School

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the revers...

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discove...

Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so the...

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Escape at Dawn

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt...

The Capital of Love

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disap...

Red Peony of Night

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment an...

Red Peony of Night

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment an...

Sunflower Girl

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys...

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for...

The Skin of the South

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are...

Love and Fascination

1961 Japanese movie

The First Kiss

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Legend of the Cat Monster

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked wi...

Executive Chair

In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupt...

This Is Noriko

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted...

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

War and Peace

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death

Sashichi is a dapper and handsome man. He is called a doll Sashichi because he is "a nice man like a doll." On...

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider

A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded...

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldie...

Escape from Prison

12 Chapters About Women

Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was fina...

Kidou Keiji Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear

Jiban goes into action to save Yoko and several captured children from Doctor Giba's plot of creating the ultim...

Actress

During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a grea...