Ken Hatano

August Without Emperor

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V...

Tenchu!

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leade...

Men and War III: The Final Chapter

Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family...

I Am Waiting

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

The Militarists

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family...

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they...

Autumn Interlude

The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight...

Who's the Real Killer

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

I'll Never Cry!

The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair;...

Night of Sorrow

A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a w...

Only on Mondays

Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executiv...

The Seasons of Love

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her ch...

The Song of Love

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.

Your Life

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

Lost Love

Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former hou...

Age of Nudity

The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets scre...

Facing to the Clouds

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acqua...

Wakai tsume ato

1962 Japanese movie

Goodbye Mr. Tears

An American-Japanese girl travels to Japan to find her mother.

Temptation

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One...

Wakai senpū

1962 Japanese movie

The Song of the Season

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive de...

The Spiders' The Noisy Parade

Gangsters smuggle diamonds through customs by embedding them in The Spiders' tambourine, then go on a cross-cou...

A Torrent of Life

1962 Japanese movie

Whistling in the Darkness

A 1961 crime film.

君恋し

1962 Japanese movie

Teenage Wolf

In the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on a young girl!...

Youth A Go Go!

Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."

Ai to shi no katami

Juvenile Delinquents

Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refre...

Stardust Wharf

Hamada, Izumi, and Aki Jo, a rising singer from Toshiba Records, form a fresh trio who risk their youthful ener...