An Urban Affair

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawar

Stray Dog

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

The Undefeated Woman

Hagure kigeki mandara

1962 Japanese movie

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind

Long Way to Okinawa

1962 Japanese movie

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962 Japanese movie

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

1962 Japanese movie

Inugami

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after

Secret Love

A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Jap

A Japanese Tragedy

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her un

Birth of Romance

The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and M

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious

Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me

Director Iwauchi Katsuki adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two y

Hito mo arukeba

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Sincere Heart

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from

Downtown Heroes

The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

Toilet Manager

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Samurai Saga

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized no

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958 Japanese movie

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

The Brothers who Protect the Mountain

In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the promi

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother J

Pretty Woman

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Ba

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief

Reiko Akigawa has been married for three years, has a banker husband and a seemingly happy married l

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesa

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong

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

元祿美少年記

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting h

Sisters

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko T

Youth Season

1962 Japanese movie

Hadaka no Machi

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is tak

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spen

New Tokyo March

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engin

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen in

Geisha in the Old City

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a mov

Black River

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land

Kyūkon sannin musume

1954 Japanese movie

Veronika Decides to Die

Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is inf

Always in My Heart

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during th

Always in My Heart Part 2

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Illusion of Blood

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

For Love and Money

The Twilight Story

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vie

A Woman's Life

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

The Wiser Age

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

The Other Woman

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to

Green Light to Joy

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to ent

Mourning Recipe

A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.

Temptation on Glamour Island

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

A Brief Message from the Heart

A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.

The Blue Beast

Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses any

Welcome to the Vampire Onsen

Kyuketsu Onsen e Yokoso (吸血温泉へようこそ kyuuketsu onsen e youkoso, translated as Welcome to the blood-suc

Acchan no bebi gyangu

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.

3 Dolls and Baby Gang

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses

The Princess of Badger Palace

Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Prince

Hoodlum Soldier

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria.

The Lord Pretends

Price of Beauty

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

The Maid Story

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters

Quick Change Tanuki Palace

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighb

Hong Kong Paradise

Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in

Japan's No. 1 Playboy

The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was

The Hotelman's Holiday

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his

Down Town

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a k

The Capital of Love

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose f

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai

Hard Romanticker

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c

Three for the Road

Women in Prison

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is

The Flower and the Dragon

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing

She-Shogun

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quart

Yasugorō shusse

Tora-san Goes North

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

The sequel of "Flower and Dragon". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unite

The Lord and the Gambler

Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twen

Scarred Yosaburo

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress o

The Adventures of Kantaro

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility

Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company.

Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Sixth entry in the Company President Series.

The Third President

The fifth entry in the Company President Series

On a Better Night than Usual

Shinji (Kawaguchi Takahiro), who wanted to be a writer, impersonates a depraved man by the name of T

Morishige, where are you going?

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets

Crazy Operation: First Move

After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various f

Jiyūgaoka fujin

1960 Japanese movie

誰よりも君を愛す！

Executive Chair

In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip

Travel Stories of a Company President

It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series.

Talkative Company President

A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold

Playboy President

A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intend

Playboy President: Part II

After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate m

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key o

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series

Me and Me

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original r

The Mandarin Room

After running away from her mother, Ashiko works as a maid at an inn and changes her name, but she f

Skin-Colored Moon

After the heartbreak of losing a close colleague, a television star vanishes, presumed to have drown

Go and Get It

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko.

千年の松 完結編

Makino Kuniyasu is consulted about the succession issue of the Joshu Okubo family. At that time, Mak

Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds

Reiko Akigawa, married for three years to her husband, a bank employee, lives a seemingly ordinary m

Misandry

4 sisters inherited a sum of money and try to get married

Kill the Killer!

JA woman is witness to a murder but flees the scene, leaving behind only a handkerchief with her nam

Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku

A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu

Devices Stronger Than Women

An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics c

Bringing Up Husbands

Three wives launch a sex strike to put their domineering husbands in their place!

Holiday in Tokyo

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, s

The Blue Mountains

About schoolgirls in a rural town, and a love letter which has the entire community in an uproar.

The Blue Mountains Part 2

At Kaikō Girls’ School, a fake love letter sparks a heated PTA debate. Teacher Shimazaki wins the vo

Showdown on Pier No.3

Crime thriller about the investigation of a man murdered at a Tokyo race track. Clues lead Detective

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball)

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero

The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky ma