Haruko Tōgō

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Ran

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an agi...

Dreams

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s...

Stray Dog

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

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to av...

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes l...

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. Wh...

The End of Summer

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health afte...

Samurai Banners

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service o...

Daredevil in the Castle

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been compl...

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them h...

Sudden Rain

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

Snow Country

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with...

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all...

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four)...

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was emba...

Lovers of Ginza

1961 Japanese movie

Young Challengers

A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the the...

Different Sons

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money...

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas cli...

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958 Japanese movie

Star of Hong Kong

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter wit...

This Greedy Old Skin

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) ta...

The Storm

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

A Woman's Identity

1962 Japanese movie

Executive Chair

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

Mexican Free-for-All

The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu Sakamori a...

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962 Japanese movie

Taking a Success Course

1961 Japanese movie

Travel Stories of a Company President

It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series. The preside...

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasure...

Geisha in the Old City

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at...

Madame Butterfly

Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.

Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun

1962 Japanese movie