Mayumi Kurata

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive tr...

Odd Obsession

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

Ten Dark Women

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woma...

Zatoichi's Revenge

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so...

Afraid to Die

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

Afraid to Die

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

The Blind Menace

This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi.

The Radiant Prince

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

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...

Bonchi

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overb...

Goodbye, Hello

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in li...

The Woman and the Pirate

In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship ca...

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while h...

Stolen Pleasure

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her fut...

Being Two Isn't Easy

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well...

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who becam...

The Cast-Off

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

Marriageable Age

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while livi...

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

A little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds and shows her wha...

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...

Black Sea of Trees

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamama...

The Enforcer

Yassamossa

Wakai yatsura no kaidan

1961 Japanese movie

Tough Guy

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito,...

Love and Life

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

Tree of Love

1954 Japanese movie

誘拐

1962 Japanese movie

Jōen

1959 Japanese movie

The White Road Across the River

Tokyo Eyes

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired...

Sisters

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant...

Otoko to onna no sei no naka

1962 Japanese movie

Princess and I

1962 Japanese movie

Ocean Floor Crime #1

The Song Lantern

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about t...