Junzaburō Ban

Ichibanboshi

The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Tak...

Dodes'ka-den

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an ima...

Proof of the Man

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer...

Sabu to Ichi Dorimono Hikae

Fuji drama specials based on the eponymous manga by Shotaro Ishinomori.

Terauchi Kantarō Ikka

The Sun's Burial

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and t...

Eijanaika

The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and...

Queen Bee

To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country es...

Himawari no Uta

Since his wife's death from illness, Oki Eisuke (Utsui Ken) has been working as a lawyer at the Oki Law Office,...

A Fugitive from the Past

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the...

Farewell to Spring

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as the...

Shag

Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summ...

Dimple of Tokyo

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary...

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about be...

Uogashi no senpū musume

1963 Japanese movie

The Phoenix

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapol...

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries...

A Lively Geisha

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When s...

Snow in the South Seas

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endu...

Yanagase Blues

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down on...

The Detective Journey

A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in...

A Country Boss

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

The Street Car Game

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

Furimuita hanayome

Japanese comedy film.

Song of Love

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Hobo General

Parole

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

Doterai Man

Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Teruhiko Saig...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the ap...

The Gambling Nun

A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunn...

Follow the Girls

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

Escape from Hell

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless...