Ken Mitsuda

Professional Killers

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that intro...

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his fir...

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separate...

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese...

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes l...

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The Ballad of Narayama

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the t...

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. Wh...

An Inlet of Muddy Water

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult...

Battle of the Japan Sea

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet an...

Manji

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

The Lost Alibi

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning...

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by H...

Afraid to Die

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life in...

Sunflower Girl

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys...

The Great Wall

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults...

Revenge

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to a...

The Yoshida School

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the revers...

Judge and Jeopardy

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Ca...

Army

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstandi...

The Wandering Princess

Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocratic family....

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying up...

The Threat

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising ag...

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of hi...

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Night Butterflies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

The Storm over Arabia

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on...

Three-Fingered Detective

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom'...

Raised in a Palace

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending...

Night Scandal in Japan

The sexworker who works in Turkish baths plans to make her fortune on the stock market, open a beauty salon, an...

The Blue Beast

The ruthless and ambitious Yasuhiko uses his charm to manipulate and exploit those around him to climb the corp...

A Dangerous Hero

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

A Design for Dying

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsu...

Yoru no keisha

1962 Japanese movie

Akutoku

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

Zoku jūdai no seiten

Akiko Yasutomi, an 18-year-old high school student, lives in poverty with her mother Hisako, but she has feelin...