Kiyoko Hirai

Beast Alley

Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their...

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as...

The Great White Tower

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa Univ...

The Wandering Princess

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

A Geisha's Diary

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles throu...

Town of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the l...

Warning from Space

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent pan...

The Radiant Prince

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to...

The Lady of Musashino

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger...

Zoku jūdai no seiten

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

Zoku jūdai no seiten

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

Tokyo Crime Map

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of To...

Miss Oyu

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sist...

The Pit of Death

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

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...

Chance Meeting

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads o...

The Romance of Yushima

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as S...

Peony on the Skin

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the...

Shin Jinsei Gekijo

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

Modae

This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their...

Les Mesdemoiselles

A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropol...

The Woman Champion

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays th...

Ghost Tower

Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki.

A Public Benefactor

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

A Geisha on Horseback

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the pro...

This Way, That Way

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away fr...

Diary of a Nurse

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.

Bot-chan

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The Story of a Blind Woman

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, s...

Bara to ryū

1961 Japanese movie

Training Ship of Yearning

A youthful film filled with youth and passion, set against the backdrop of the ocean and filled with admiration...

Zero-Fighters

Who Is the Criminal?

1945 Japanese movie

Young Trees

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to...

Hit and Run Gang

Detective Goto, who had sniffed out drugs as the culprit behind the murder of an elderly woman, was run over an...