Jun Tatara

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick...

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Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

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

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Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Eitarō Shindō

A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Dotanba - Last Minute

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Keiji Sada

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

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Cast: Hajime Izu

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

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Cast: Kogiku Hanayagi

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūko Mochizuki

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yukiko Todoroki

A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōko Matsuyama

At the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope locked her in a "painting". Visualization based on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobutaka Masutomi

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as the daughter-in-law of Koichi, the eldest son of...

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Cast: Komaki Kurihara

Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a microcosm...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isamu Kosugi

Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by...

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning...

Genre: Action

Cast: Akira Takarada

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Isao Kimura

Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nobuo Kaneko

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence....

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Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

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Cast: Masahiko Tsugawa

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji),...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

Comedy drama film

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūnosuke Itō

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Is it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Keiko Orihara

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...

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Cast: Teiji Takahashi

One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shūji Sano

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Japanese film.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Tadao Takashima

Japanese horror television movie from 1978.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Toshio Kurosawa

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives Club must capture the Bronze Monster, a giant...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Eiji Wakasugi

5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Minoru Ōki

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takeshi Kaga

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emiko Takahashi

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Wakahara

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenzo Asada

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Yamauchi

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūsuke Kawazu

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

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Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Minoru Ōki

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

A musical comedy.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yoko Kon

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden...

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make...

Genre: Action

Cast: Saburo Tokito

The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Japanese comedy film.

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII

An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yôko Asaji

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. ...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isamu Nagato

One night a Goblin father came home gave his son a red handball. But the boy was shocked to hear that his father picked it up in front of the house...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jun Tatara

Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takeshi Kaga

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuya Uchida

When an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to Hamamatsu to find a better direction in life. However,...

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Cast: Hibari Misora

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

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Cast: Kakuko Chino

Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth...

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Cast: Chikage Awashima

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But...

Genre: Music

Cast: Hibari Misora

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hideko Takamine

The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

A young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kumiko Akiyoshi

Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kō Nishimura

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Cast: Kamesaburo Bando

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sumiko Hidaka

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.

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Cast: Shingo Yamashiro

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Jun Tatara

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūji Hori

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

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Cast: Eijirō Yanagi

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Wakahara

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

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Cast: Tomiemon Otomo

The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō