Yōyō Kojima

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Le...

Nanairo Kamen

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called N...

Song of the White Orchid

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region...

Red Peony of Night

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment an...

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

The Eleventh Hour

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A so...

An Enemy of the People

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

The Battle of Kawanakajima

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

Duel in the Sun

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Toyuki

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan i...

Oath on the Burning Sands

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woma...

Mother Never Dies

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

新遊侠伝

Living Image

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Mother's Melody

The Man of Seven Faces

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Green Earth

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local...

Maboroshi Kaito Dan

This is the first film in the third installment of the adventure film for boys that depicts the battle between...

Tokai no kaii 7-ji 03-bu

Miyamoto Tokunosuke works at a Detective Agency in the heart of Tokyo. When his lover Ranko tells him that she'...

Yasubei Nakayama

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord K...

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf

Story of a bandit king.

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department bega...

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

Story of a bandit king part 2.

The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Min...

The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers

Mitsuo the Counselor's son marries writer Miyoko, however a tender romance blossoms between Miyoko and Mitsuo's...

Fateful Birthplace

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Karayuki-san

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns...

Flowers Blooming In the Storm

Jidaigeki from 1940

あゝ洞爺丸　

Enoken's Yaji and Kita

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaid...

Enoken's Singing Detective Story

A modern take on history with songs and comedy presented by Enoken (as Gonza), Fujiyama (as Sukeju), and Kasagi...

Murder on the Last Train

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

What Made Her Do It?

Sumiko's father sends her to live with her alcoholic uncle. He sells her to a circus, which is the start of a d...

The Kingdom of Spectacles

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (K...