Yasushi Nagata

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief...

Stray Dog

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Despe...

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Horus: Prince of the Sun

Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock...

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japa...

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured...

Apostasy

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal...

The Long Darkness

The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress...

If Indeed One Loves

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozab...

Immortal Love

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodi...

Town of Violence

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

Points and Lines

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detecti...

Black River

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all...

Hiroshima

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its eff...

Farewell to Spring

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as the...

Maria of the Ant Village

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic gi...

A Flame at the Pier

A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront...

The Great Road

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the w...

The Kii River

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962 Japanese movie

Chase That Man

The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

Drifting detective Goro Saionji is asked to investigate the sinking of a fishing boat in a port town on the Bōs...

Sword of the Beast

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman...

Lucky Dragon No. 5

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka...

Actress

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Japanese drama film.

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie

Stolen Pleasure

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her fut...

The Human Wall

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

The Spy

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien in...

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Actress

During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a grea...

Fall of the Shogun's Militia

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerles...

Hiroba no kōdoku

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy

Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the dea...

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father,...