Sachiko Hidari

Kita no kazoku

The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of age in Hakodate...

Ryoma ga Yuku

The chronicles of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to st...

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his nove...

The Insect Woman

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its m...

A Fugitive from the Past

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the...

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of h...

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and ex...

犯罪心理分析官

Escape from Hell

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless...

Darkness at Noon

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

The Balloon

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrog...

The Cast-Off

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

The Scarlet Camellia

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so...

A Billionaire

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping wi...

親馬鹿花合戦

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

At the Side of the Bridge 3

Nokosa reta ko tonoko shita haha to

1962 Japanese movie

The Maid's Kid

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo...

Ofukuro

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but ha...

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

At the Side of the Bridge 4

A Woman's Testament

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financi...

Warm Current

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

Song of the Spring Pony

Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an infant. Bunzo...

This Madding Crowd

At the Side of the Bridge

1962 Japanese movie

Kirai Kirai Kirai

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.

Barefoot Gen

First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.

春日和

She and He

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own...

Hoshikuzu no Machi

Madam

Japanese drama film.

Geisha Hidekoma

As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma...

Temptation

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One...

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