Kenji Oyama

Gamera, the Giant Monster

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ic...

Odd Obsession

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become arouse...

There Was a Father

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor...

Gamera vs. Gyaos

Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to slice things...

Superexpress

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract...

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce com...

Advance Patrol

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia...

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, he...

Lil's Return from Shanghai

In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan,...

On This Earth

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works...

College Is a Nice Place

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find...

I Graduated, But...

Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girl...

A Lustful Man

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that...

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...

Beauty the Enemy

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the li...

The Cast-Off

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his co...

The Time of Reckoning

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with...

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college...

Burden of Life

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom...

Night Butterflies

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

Black Test Car

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about...

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up...

Fools at Work

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the...

Kirai Kirai Kirai

Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City

To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining...

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

Triangle Moods

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life ar...

Black Report

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of...

Warm Current

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women...

The Beloved Image

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

The Pit of Death

Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the company preside...

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are pl...

Fūshinraishin

1962 Japanese movie

The False Student

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.