47 Ronin

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force

Dodes'ka-den

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “dri

Aru kankei

1962 Japanese movie

Police Precinct Part 13

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his d

Madadayo

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters w

The Crimson Sky

1962 Japanese movie

Lips of Ruin

Industrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also known in English as “Black Parking Lot”.

Musume to watashi

War and Youth

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the f

Lie Lie Lie

Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikaw

Muchana Yakko

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching

The Political Game

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. No

Jusei: Last Drop of Blood

After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into tel

The Naked Executive

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but t

Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me

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

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wi

I, the Executioner

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who

Hiroshima

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode a

Messengers to Satsuma

By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domain. Already seven on

My Hobo

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the N

Toilet Manager

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

Police Precinct Part 12

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young wom

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying h

Fugitive Scoundrel

Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the

Tora-san's Lovesick

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into U

Children on the Island

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops b

The Secret of the Telegian

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

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

Kyūjin ryokō

1962 Japanese movie

After the Rain

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

1962 Japanese movie

Bravo, Young Guy

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962 Japanese movie

Kokkai e ikô!

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.

Youth Season

1962 Japanese movie

Goodbye Japan

A political satire comedy depicting the turmoil caused when the residents of a small island in Okina

Danchi fujin

1962 Japanese movie

King Kong vs. Godzilla

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

The Human Vapor

A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes

Harakiri

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

In the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's becau

Milk White

Takayuki (Takao Osawa) is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's syndrome

It Is a Long Walk

Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city o

The Twilight Story

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

Irresponsible Age of Japan

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Foster Daddy, Tora!

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to To

Friendship

Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but recei

A Story from Echigo

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-

Tokyo Ninja Force

The Seven Chefs

Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the he

Broken Swords

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin,

Suspicion

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local

Assignment Dragon No. 3

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidak

Island of Hell

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

The Lovable Tramp

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with

High School Juniors (Part II)

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, re

006 wa uwaki no number

Japanese sex comedy film.

Karate Cop 2

Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed

The Big Boss

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the w

Organized Violence

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

The Maid Story

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

Cross-Currents

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney o

Samurai Rebellion

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband

Zatoichi Challenged

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father,

Blood on the Sea

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Shichinin no keiji

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his

The Irresponsible Fool

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate misch

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encount

My Voiceless Friends

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visi

Twice on a Certain Night

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown a

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father.

Tora-san, the Go-Between

In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She

Tora-san Plays Daddy

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly tu

The Last Judgment

The last judgment.

Between Calmness and Passion

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each

My Sons

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has alway

Crazy Operation: First Move

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

King Kong vs. Godzilla

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for a

Hidden Fangs

Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.

Aces Wild

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

White Mermaid Beauty

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Otome no inori

1959 Japanese movie

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old

Ayako Kurimura, a new B.G. at Nitto Electric, becomes the object of affection for both her brother's

The Last Challenge

1961 Japanese movie

Koi no otome kawa

1969 Japanese movie

Seishun Tarō

1967 Japanese movie

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4

The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.