The Hidden Fortress

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a

King Kong vs. Godzilla

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponso

Rhapsody in August

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity abo

What's Up, Tiger Lily?

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Ke

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky

Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull

Drunken Angel

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculos

A Woman's Life

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

Forty-Eight Man

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Space Amoeba

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to t

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's

Romance Express

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shink

Operation Mad Dog

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

King Kong Escapes

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil

All Monsters Attack

Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant st

Outpost of Hell

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Home-Brewed Tatsu

1962 Japanese movie

Rebel Against Glory

Adventure in Kigan Castle

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the grea

Ôban

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First p

The Witness Killed

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Goyou Sen Enjou

Sir Galahad in Campus

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho ver

Desperado Outpost

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second

Godzilla

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. vers

Golden Eyes

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route f

Beast Man Snow Man

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Sn

Ironfinger

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed

Battle Cry

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to t

At This Late Date, the Charleston

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several imp

Our Failures

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

The Militarists

Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū

1961 Japanese movie

Chihō kisha

Samurai Banners

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters th

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, j

The Mad Atlantic

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. M

All is Well

The Blue Pearl

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; liter

Wedding Season

Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and

Key of Keys

Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.

Big Shots Die at Dawn

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he

Red Lion

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo

Anything For Success

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His big

Yojimbo

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival

Godzilla

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla

Mr. Pu

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

One Wonderful Sunday

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase h

Gorath

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr

Throne of Blood

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred

The Mysterians

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire v

Will-o'-the-Wisp

The Battle of Okinawa

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a s

Sudden Rain

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project

Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series.

Blood Type: Blue

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blu

Outlaw Cop

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away wi

The Secret of the Telegian

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to l

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retire

Westward Desperado

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anyt

The Weed of Crime

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

The Gambling Samurai

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has be

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, e

Operation Enemy Fort

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attem

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the

The Last Embrace

Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subs

Hangyaku no Tabi

Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inl

Bonds of Love

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal

Vendetta of a Samurai

Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

Samurai Saga

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

Daredevil in the Castle

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has

Blueprint of Murder

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught ami

Whirlwind

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeat

The Underworld

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantica

Pride of the Campus

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life

The Retreat from Kiska

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When

Rise Against the Sword

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight the

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her fr

The Vampire Doll

A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her b

Legacy of the 500,000

During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay

The Hotelman's Holiday

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

The Killing Bottle

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Jirocho's New Year

Last of the Wild Ones

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

The Man Who Came to Port

An Ishiro Honda film.

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

An Ishiro Honda film.

Song for a Bride

An Ishiro Honda film.

A Man in Red

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year

Chûshingura

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

Saga of the Vagabonds

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokur

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-gen

All About Marriage

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, e

The Paradise Island Story

Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.

Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. P

Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and

Sazae-san Sequel

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and

The Eagle of the Pacific

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grav

Forbidden Path

A Man Among Men

Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wr

The Dangerous Kiss

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Girls in the Orchard

Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all t

Elegy

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony

Five Gents' Trick Book

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

Young Guy in Hawaii

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous scree

The Last Gunfight

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city o

I Want to Be a Shellfish

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husban

Japan's Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th

Mr. Lucky

Tokyo Sweetheart

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are

The Skin of the South

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable

Garakuta

1964 Japanese movie

Zoku izuko e

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

Even The Mighty Shed Tears

After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to se

Different Sons

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over

Aces Wild

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitima

The Maiden Courtesan

Period romantic drama.

Settlement of Love

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four

Executive Chair

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

Lovers of Ginza

1961 Japanese movie

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who def

Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa Series: I Want to Weep

A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small to

Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa Series: Thank You, Sandogasa

When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!

1967 Japanese movie

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as pol

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!

1967 Japanese movie

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep u

The Shadow Daughter

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreak

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.

University Bandits

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths o

The Young Boss is Third Generation

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race whi

Fox and Raccoon

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar

College Champ

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. H

Three Dolls in College

The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University,

Ant Hell War

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Young Lovers

Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her str

Frame of Snow

During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in lo