Yōko Kozono

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separate...

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a...

Intimidation

Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank m...

The Warped Ones

A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it...

Voice Without a Shadow

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Y...

Thirst for Love

A young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a destructive obsession...

To Love Again

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully...

The Big Ambition

Distant Love

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

The Rambler Goes North

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of...

The Hill is Full of Flowers

A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka...

The Plateau Man

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

A Rampage Full of Dreams

1962 Japanese movie

Youth of the Son

A rivalry sparks between two teenage brothers when they discover the attraction of girls.

浮かれ狐千本櫻

Japanese comedy film.

Naku n janai ze

1962 Japanese movie

The Fugitive

An action drama similar to Wyler's "The Desperate Hours", adapted by Seiji Hoshikawa of "Tasogare no Tokyo Towe...

The Barefoot Girl

A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this dee...

Welcome, My Baby

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24...

Forbidden Lips

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and si...

The Happy Dancers

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

Hijo tehai

Wakai tsume ato

1962 Japanese movie

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki

Tōkyō dodonpa musume

Motomu Ida movie

Frankie the Milkman

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to sav...

Tokyo Mighty Guy

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy G...

The New Class of the Sewage Canal

First film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.

Ejima and Ikushima

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The...

Young Miss Executive

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Mado...

An Angel is Chasing Me

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hit...

Dawn of a Canvas

Ore wa toppu-yada: kao no nai bijo

1961 Japanese movie

The Pigeon

Isamu is a high school student who raises a pigeon at home amidst his father's opposition.

Summer Storm

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

The Cock Crows Twice

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.