Kayako Sono

Onna wa dokyo

The 47th NHK Asadora chronicles the conflicts between a woman and her step-daughter in a hot springs town.

Akai Kizuna

Dodes'ka-den

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

Oar

Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.

The Pornographers

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he us...

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon h...

Tokyo Bordello

A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light...

The Great Killing

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent...

The Wild Trucker

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help...

The Protector

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls il...

Follow the Girls

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

King of the Widow-Killers

The third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the night world. Hiro...

A Class to Remember

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult student...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road...

Whirlpool of Love

1962 Japanese movie

Baian the Assassin

Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, his nighttime persona is that of a...

Showdown of Men 2

Part two.

The Blossom and the Sword

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths w...

New Year Trip

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.

For Kayako

A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japan...

喜劇・大安旅行

The Preacher of Love

1961 Japanese movie

Foster Daddy, Tora!

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she...

Seigida! Mikatada! Zeninshugo!!

Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a ga...

Oh, My Comrade!

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kat...

Oh, My Comrade!

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kat...

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams

Rika is released from girls detention school and then winds up at a lounge bar where she finds her other classm...

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

1961 Japanese movie

Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable

This film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue, which tells the story of a comedian...

Fools at Work

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

The Pretty Jade

Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Kawachi fūten zoku

1968 film

Dislikes

An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of ch...

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

Kaiun ryokō

1971 Japanese movie

How to Make a Big Hit

Japanese comedy film.