Harue Tone

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured...

Queen of the Treasure Island

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten...

Hero of the Red Light District

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot...

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten...

Hiroshima

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its eff...

Escape at Dawn

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

Tower of Lilies

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the...

The Great Road

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the w...

The Yellow Climate

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but lovin...

The Skin of the South

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

The Bitch

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

Secret

At the End of the Clouds

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Deep River Melody

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Tokyo Detective Girl

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Sakura-tai Chiru

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of...

Love is Lost

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

The Motherless

Japanese drama film.

Muhō Ichidai

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji pe...

Vacuum Zone

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for the...

The End of a Day

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in co...

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s frie...

Nikoyon monogatari

Japanese drama film.

Judo Life

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Sa...

Women Doing Time

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Heat and Mud

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsu...

The Barefoot Girl

A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this dee...

Eight Hours of Terror

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

Nightshade Flower

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

The Man Without a Nationality

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Samurai Geisha

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling...

Geisha Hidekoma

As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma...

Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakag...

Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robber...