The Day Before

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average

Rogue

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining

Rinchi

Japanese noir.

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

Love's Cheerleader

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

When We Came Back

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Oogonju

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２

1961 Toei comedy

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation

Women Doing Time

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Beyond the Hills

Story of young love in the hills.

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has

Kiriko no unmei

1962 Japanese movie

The Road I Travel with You

The otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo Saeki

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of trav

The Old Man of the Propeller

The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”.

Wife of a Lily

This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was fa

Kyū-chan ondo

1962 Japanese movie

Sutekina 16-sai

1962 Japanese movie

Under the Blossoming Peach

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring

A Gentle Breeze With Father

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

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

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

1962 Japanese movie

Currents of Youth

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for t

Love for an Idiot

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she ensla

大当り男一代

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father,

直八子供旅

Third Class Executives

1950s Japanese comedy.

Odoroki ikka

1949 Japanese film

Blue Sky Angel

1950 drama film

Danchi fujin

1962 Japanese movie

Mama, I Need You!

After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone

Pastoral Symphony

A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in lov

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

My Geisha

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, L

Akogare no Hawaii kôro

Akogare no Hawaii kôro

Kodakara fūfu

Green Earth

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

The Fighting Firemen

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger

Ginza Cosmetics

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Hideko the Bus Conductress

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural J

明朗五人男

1940 Japanese movie

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized

Song of Happiness

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

A Mother's Love

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Love Letter

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter

Marriageable Age

Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and fai

Beyond the Hills

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

Geisha Waltz

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Amakara chindōchū

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

Japanese musical.

I Am a Cat

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the on

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

Japanese comedy film.

Boss Takes to the Road

Japanese comedy film.

Karayuki-san

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record

This Happy Life

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

The Song Lantern

A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act o

Nonki saiban

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re

Yukiko and Natsuyo

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940

Ditch

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers.

Nightshade Flower

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see h

Snake Woman's Curse

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haun

Sing, Young People!

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of the

Tsuki yori no haha

Japanese drama film.

I Sell My Husband

Japanese comedy film.

The Blue Sky Maiden

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family wher

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a

Wakai musumetachi

Red Love, Green Love

A Woman's Sorrows

Young Hiroko’s (Takako Irie) conservative principles place her at odds with most modern women, as sh

Wedding Day

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accep

Drifting

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Part 2 of a 2-part romance (first part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan

China Night

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan re

Wait for Tomorrow

Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his

Mother and Son

An Ishiro Honda film.

Good Luck to These Two

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

The Boy Who Came Back

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with hi

Learn from Experience, Part One

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here

Employee Full of Fight

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter.

Tsukinode no ketto

Jacks and Jills

On This Earth

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His m

Five Star Private

Hideko the Cheerleader

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new

Tokyo Profile

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old gir

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was over

Lord for a Night

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization fr

Invitation to Happiness

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Kekkon Sanjûshi

Image of a Mother

The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries

Megitsune Buro

Love, Fireworks and Fire Bombs

Marathon Samurai

The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("

Guntō nanban-sen

1950 Japanese movie

Chained Bitch

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Botchan yarō seizoroi

1961 Japanese movie

The Judo Champ

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected

Rumble Festival

1960 Toei film

Wakai hito-tachi

Masura o hashutsu fukai

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei

1958 Japanese movie

The Ginza Three Boys

The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty o

Five Sisters

The story of five sisters.

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scan

Will-o'-the-Wisp

The Young Boss is Third Generation

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

A Young Boss Tries Really Hard

A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s

Fox and Raccoon

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

Hinoki butai

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community c

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo

Moju Tsukai no Shojois a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film