Shirō Ōsaka

Tokyo Story

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their...

Inochi

The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-pa...

The Samurai's Justice

The 8th Tokugawa shogun, Yoshimune, sets up a suggestion box to hear the complaints of the common people. Howev...

Kasuga the Court Lady

This is the story about the a very powerful Lady Kasuga who established Ooku the inner palace.

Yakuza Ladies

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Jap...

Love in the Mud

This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being wi...

Pigs and Battleships

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation perio...

Brand of Evil

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he jo...

The Great Killing

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent...

Time and Tide

An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

A Man With Dragon Tattoos

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are...

Appassionata

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura...

Rampaging Dog

Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.

Town of Violence

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

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

1962 Japanese movie

The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Talented Woman

Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and...

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make mo...

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't...

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into th...

The Bogus Policeman

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the fo...

Aruhi watashi wa

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a matern...

Pretty Devil Yoko

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza...

Our Town

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to wo...

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but lovin...

Badge of the Night

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person...

Port of Flowers

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of Wor...

The Last Song

Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pa...

Woman Gambler and the Nun

Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays t...

Tales of Ginza

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art coll...

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wa...

零戦黒雲一家

The Bear Storm

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era....

Always in My Heart Part 3

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki...

Black Strait

Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the...

Forever a Woman

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation...