Tatsuya Ishiguro

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on retur...

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor w...

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and lef...

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee...

Three Outlaw Samurai

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial ma...

Gate of Hell

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprisi...

Superexpress

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract...

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake...

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue a...

Fountainhead

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

The Wandering Princess

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

White Beast

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

Otoko no Uta

1962 Japanese movie

Turbid Youth

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at...

Youth of Heiji Senigata

A Legend or Was It?

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leade...

Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy

[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This...

Taira Clan Saga

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the mo...

The Battle of Kawanakajima

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle...

At the Side of the Bridge 3

The Third Shadow Warrior

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true...

Spring Awakens

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3

In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is...

Shinsengumi Chronicles

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and becau...

Keepers of Order

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Suk...

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962 Japanese movie

Ken ni kakeru

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is as...

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

Koharu, a flamboyant geisha, unexpectedly wins a trip to Sado Island in a TV contest. She is accompanied by thr...

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter day...

I Will Buy You

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Wife

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has...

Young Boss

After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.

Secret Love

A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Japanese cinem...

Honno-Ji in Flames

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about th...