Seven Samurai

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

The Hidden Fortress

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

Diary of a Drunkard

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

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

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

The Idiot

A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a vo

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Sanshiro Sugata

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujuts

No Regrets for Our Youth

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, an

Zoku Hebihimesama

Forty-Eight Man

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Red Peony of Night

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious em

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline

Sasaki Kojiro

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Ota

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

Vendetta of a Samurai

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

Carmen Comes Home

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware tha

The Fighting on The Trial

Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by H

The Kuroda Affair

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is

Beast Man Snow Man

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

The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

Blizzard Ronin

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

Fighting Yasubei

Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno t

A Rainbow at Every Turn

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have

Third Class Executives

1950s Japanese comedy.

Asakusa at Night

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hear

Godzilla

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

Stray Dog

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

Scandal

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a pain

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to

Throne of Blood

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

Green Earth

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation wi

Snow Trail

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At

Yûreitô

Japanese horror movie from 1932.

Bellflower

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based

Yoru no hato

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.

Nangoku taiheiki

Japanese film.

Love on Rainbow Island

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet

The Big Boss

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

Street of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chie

Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto

Bored Hatamoto film #2

Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai

Bored Hatamoto film #3

Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo

Bored Hatamoto film #4

Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage

Bored Hatamoto film #5

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

Bored Hatamoto film #6

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

Bored Hatamoto film #7

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

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

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari

Sword for Hire

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his l

Skull

A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo per

The Battle of Kawanakajima

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is th

Home Sweet Home

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded priz

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

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

Husband and Wife

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husba

Old Songs

Oath on the Burning Sands

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful C

Jirocho in Disgrace

The Blue Pearl

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

Untamed Woman

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper,

The Eleventh Hour

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest

Dancers of Awa

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance

An Actor's Revenge

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s

Red-Light Bases

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Ticket to Hell

Early Summer

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

The Blue Revolution

Musashibo Benkei

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musas

Song of the White Orchid

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colon

Dance of the Capital

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

Five Tokyo Men

The Phantom Horse

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the lo

Street of Shame

The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passag

Godzilla

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

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

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

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.

Miai Ryokou

A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misu