Hitomi Nakahara

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hideko Takamine

School teachers responsible for the lives of their students work to evacuate Allied bombings near the end of WWII.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitomi Nakahara

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted...

Genre: Action

Cast: Harue Akagi

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

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yūji Hori

Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The Invitation from Cinema Orion" tells the story of a couple's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rie Miyazawa

A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiru Akiyoshi

After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukiyoshi Ozawa

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sonny Chiba

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ken Takakura

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Susumu Namishima

First film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kôji Nanbara

Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kôji Nanbara

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Susumu Namishima

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Sonny Chiba

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

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

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitomi Nakahara

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hibari Misora

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Meiko Kaji

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yoshiko Kuga

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Music

Cast: Hibari Misora

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ken Takakura

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

Japanese family drama.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

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Cast: Ken Takakura

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.

Genre: War

Cast: Komaki Kurihara

Soccer movie.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshiyuki Nagashima

In the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who looks just like Shogun Iemitsu undergoes a series of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitomi Nakahara

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Genre: Crime

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a profit even at the cost of human lives. A fireman...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

This adventure family drama is based on the story of Kazuhiko Inoue, who quit his job as a salesman at a trading company and moved his family to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kunie Tanaka

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage,...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūji Hori

Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousness weak to mercy, who falls in love at first...

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Shima Iwashita

A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Miyo Hanayama works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi complains that his wife has...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Etsuko Ichihara

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitomi Nozoe

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kenji Imai

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kenji Imai

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

The second installment of the spirit world guide movie based on the original idea of ​​Tetsuro Tamba, made after the hit of the previous work....

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Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Satomi Oka

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Cast: Jun Usami

Japanese drama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitomi Nakahara

After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sen Yamamoto

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Tsushima

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo...

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Cast: Eitarō Shindō