Kō Mihashi

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on retur...

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu w...

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japa...

Song of the White Orchid

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region...

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the po...

Hanran

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatica...

Travelling Actors

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

The Man of Seven Faces

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this fin...

Pastoral Symphony

A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her.

Akutoku

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is...

On Wings of Love

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-gross...

The Girl in the Rumor

A story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl"). Their widowed f...

The Giant

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Tr...

Wakai hito-tachi

The Ghosts of Yotsuya

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man nam...

53 Stages of the Road

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

Actress

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Humanity and Paper Balloons

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced...

China Night

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from...

Island of Fury

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inlan...

Sky of Hope

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples...

Geisha Hidekoma

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

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well...

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Wedding Day

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes i...

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

Drifting

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

The Fighting Firemen

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of...

Murahachibu

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

Rainbow Hill

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They ar...

I Am a Cat

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Subterranean Heat

A Woman's Sorrows

Young Hiroko’s conservative principles place her at odds with most modern women, as she has already submitted t...

The Wind Blows Twice

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university...