Hiroshi Hayashi

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection fr...

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Le...

Godzilla

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by D...

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampa...

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance pol...

The Last Gunfight

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Ko...

Jigoku

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gat...

Evil Brain from Outer Space

An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the univ...

The Ghost of Yotsuya

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wi...

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led t...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

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

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder,...

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't...

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

Hanran

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years a...

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes pl...

Anything For Success

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme...

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the...

Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences

Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.

Hiroba no kōdoku

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Super Giant Continues

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they fram...

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And desp...

Kaachan

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerf...

Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord An...

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

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

Ken ni kakeru

Emperor Meiji and General Nogi

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned,...

Attack from Space

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire...

The Cannery Boat

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the R...

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

1958 Japanese movie

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

Japanese mystery film.

An Inn at Osaka

Follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. H...

Star Poisoning Case

Japanese crime film.