Keiko Tsushima

Seven Samurai

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

Shogun's Joy of Torture

A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that en...

Kyo, Futari

The 45th NHK Asadora. Set in an old Kyoto tsukemono (Japanese preserved vegetables) store, this series depicted...

Kashin

Centered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the modern Japanese mil...

Oretachi no Tabi

A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys.

The Last Snow

A story of two men, one recently bereaved, the other with a wife in a coma. From the popular song.

Brother

The drama depicts the lives and loves of people living in three different environments: a family consisting of...

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a...

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

The Stupid Teacher

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The...

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

1962 Japanese movie

Talkative Company President

A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms tha...

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of governme...

Wicked Priest

During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One...

Dotanba

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A so...

The Ball at the Anjo House

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to p...

Tower of Lilies

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the...

Twilight Saloon

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single e...

The Valley Between Love and Death

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to...

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They befriend an...

Morning for Two

While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a s...

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Homecoming

A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who rat...

Hanran

Goodbye for Tomorrow

People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier...

Yukiko

Tengoku wa doko da

Japanese drama.

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappea...

The Surf

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a...

Hiroba no kōdoku

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

Floating Weeds Diary

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every...

Teardrops

A sentimental drama about aspiring artist, Eiji, who rescues a blind girl. His friends Goro and Minoru and the...

Fireworks Over the Sea

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

Youth suspense movie.

The Hotelman's Holiday

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashio...