Hajime Hana

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Etoh

Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Ogata

Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

Genre: Music

Cast: Mako Midori

Harajuku, the fashion capital of Tokyo. Yasuko works at a boutique as a beginner seamstress. As snow covers the streets, the boutique's interior...

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Cast: Izumi Yamaguchi

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hajime Hana

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Chinatsu Nakayama

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Makoto Fujita

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Genre: Music

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto

Ken, an insecure young man from Japan, meets Sophie, an interesting and sensual woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Goro Inagaki

Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Machiko Kyō

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Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

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Cast: Hajime Hana

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hajime Hana

The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on....

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chieko Baisho

A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Takeda

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hajime Hana

The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but became star. First film in popular...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chosuke Ikariya

Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Kusakari

After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryotaro Sugi

A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yoichi Yamamoto

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

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Cast: Hajime Hana

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

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Cast: Chieko Baisho

The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chieko Baisho

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chieko Baisho

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is...

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Cast: Hajime Hana

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hajime Hana

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Aratama

One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Eijirō Tōno

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...

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Cast: Takeshi Yamato

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.

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Cast: Chika Otsuka

A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers...

Genre: History

Cast: Mikijiro Hira

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Akira Takarada

A young man who travels around the world with a camera in his hand finds the circus a fascinating subject. The huge tents and life-threatening...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masashi Sada

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hiroshi Inuzuka

Aging zoo keeper Nishiyama Toshio acquires two young trainees: short-tempered former chef Takeshi Ishizawa and gentle vet Ichiro Hasegawa. Both are...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Fuyumi Shiraishi

A movie starring Meijin Takahashi, the God of Famicom. Based on the Hacchaki Sensei manga.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiyuki Takahashi

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

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Cast: Reiko Dan

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the...

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Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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Cast: Chosuke Ikariya

Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in...

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Cast: Gin Maeda

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keizô Kawasaki

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Cast: Keiko Takeshita

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hizuru Takachiho

Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.

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Cast: Kaori Momoi

Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Mie Nakao

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Keiko Awaji

Japanese horror comedy from 1967.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Makoto Fujita

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Cast: Hajime Hana

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Cast: Hajime Hana

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Cast: Hajime Hana

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Cast: Hiroshi Katsuno

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Cast: Chikako Yuri

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Cast: Ikuzo Yoshi

A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin...

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

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Cast: Kei Tani

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

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Cast: Kei Tani

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shintarō Katsu