Rumi Konishi

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...

A Wanderer's Notebook

Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the...

The Lost Alibi

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

The Secret of the Telegian

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his v...

The Wiser Age

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

1961 Japanese movie

The Approach of Autumn

A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle'...

The Lovelorn Geisha

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is...

Kaei

The Terrible Game

Story of rebellious youth follows the 19-year-old son of a Hokkaido farmer who has an affair with the daughter...

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten

1962 Japanese movie

Who Is the Informer?

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes o...

Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa

When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s s...

A Woman's Identity

1962 Japanese movie

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962 Japanese movie

Romance Express

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In t...

The Cola Game

Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bot...

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble whil...

Ginza Tomboy

A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principl...

Mount Hakone

Japanese drama.

Salarygirl Story: Saucy Staff

Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm.

The Last Escape

A group of Japanese nursing students and their instructor is serving at an army camp in China. When Japan loses...