Yukiko Todoroki

Sanshiro Sugata

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado f...

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an...

Yama no Kanata ni

Yojiro Ishizaka's original work was made into a drama co-starring Masahiko Tsugawa and Chieko Matsubara. Center...

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo....

Talented Woman

Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and...

Fight of the Gamblers

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himse...

The Lady of Musashino

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger...

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

A Slope in the Sun

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of...

Ghost Story of Youth

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and S...

Five Sisters

The story of five sisters.

Striving to Live

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his yo...

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but lovin...

Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man

The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.

The Maid's Kid

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo...

The Dragon Crest

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

Nichijô no tatakai

Red Pier

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a cran...

Hungry Soul, Part II

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years...

Musume no boken

Girl in the Glass

This film depicts the pure love between a girl raised by a strict father and a young man working in a small fac...

The Scarred Crest

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself tor...

Mado Kara Tobidase

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Sh...

Temptation on Glamour Island

Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on...

The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill

The Rule for a Vagabond

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical act...

Snow-Flake

Our Failures

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

Shunjû ittôryû

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon...

The Makioka Sisters

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputab...

The Stand in Hakone

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the...

Until Victory Day

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could...

The Symbol of a Man

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Shojohou

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand...

Temptation

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One...