Yūji Moriya

Gamera, the Giant Monster

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ic...

Her Brother

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family...

Love for an Idiot

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to...

Gamera vs. Barugon

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is bro...

A Wife Confesses

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accus...

The Most Valuable Wife

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is mar...

Assignment Cloud

A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who i...

When Women Lie

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Y...

The Cast-Off

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

Spy on the Masked Car

An industrial espionage film.

The Good Little Bad Girl

Ah Special Attack Corps

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in...

The False Student

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

The School of Spies

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They e...

Black Test Car

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about...

Shin Jinsei Gekijo

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

School for Thieves

The Money Dance

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it e...

Green Fruit

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged...

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of...

Art of Assassination

A beautiful hostess of a small restaurant moonlights as a well-trained assassin tasked with taking the life of...

Hoodlum Soldier

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins wi...

Across the Darkness

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local...

The Great Villains

Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmaile...

Zero-Fighters

Young Trees

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to...

The Burdened Sisters

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

牝犬脱走

Red Love, Green Love

The Forest of No Escape

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

The White Road Across the River

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A coming-of-age story that depicts the crisis of love in marital life in a light-hearted way, centering on the...

Ashita au hito

1962 Japanese movie

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree

Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for...

Ocean Floor Crime #1

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

A love melodrama.