The Inner Palace Conspiracy

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a m

Hot Wind

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture,

A Good Man, A Good Day

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his sur

Bodyguard from Hell

Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situatio

Gamera vs. Barugon

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Gu

Reminiscence

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel l

Aru kankei

1962 Japanese movie

Evil Reward

After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sen

Family Crest: Die Like a Man

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continue

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete reco

Sanshiro Sugata

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

Chivalry Broken from All Sides

This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknam

Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain

1962 Japanese movie

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b

Jūdai no yūwaku

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962 Japanese movie

The Life of Oharu

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beg

The Man Without a Nationality

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Kurohyō

Beauty and the Thief

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and erot

Kono ni uruwashi

1962 Japanese movie

Futari dake no toride

When We Came Back

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Duel in the Sun

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Nuki uchi fūraibō

1962 Japanese movie

One Wonderful Sunday

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

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

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

Taira Clan Saga

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba

The Most Beautiful

Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quotas, endurin

Secret Love

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

Return to Heaven

Surviving fragments of a film by Tomu Uchida.

Early Summer

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

Princess and I

1962 Japanese movie

Onna keizu

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel

An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) cha

Gunman's Alley

Nitani is an undercover drug enforcement agent in Kobe who not only busts two rival drug gangs but a

The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

Propaganda film, presumed lost.

Flame of My Love

A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where

Taiyō no yō ni akaruku

1962 Japanese movie

Cape Ashizuri

Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows t

The Body

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to he

Gun Demon Without Form

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pu

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa

1962 Japanese movie

Troops of Darkness

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later

The Straits of Love and Hate

A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.

Sisters of Nishijin

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

Made in Japan

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo play

A Bullet Hole Underground

Umineko ga tonde

Yakuza Law

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.

Flowering Maidens

The young yakuza who have arrived in the city are being taught the beauty of work and the pleasure o

江戸いろは祭

Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife and

Night of Sorrow

A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the fa

Naku n janai ze

1962 Japanese movie

Mistress of a Foreigner

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minu

Bonchi

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed b

The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!

1945 Japanese movie

Duel in the Storm

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in

Enchanted Princess

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father.

Kanchō umi no bara

1945 Japanese movie

Dash to the Sun

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It te

Murahachibu

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

Karisome no kuchibeni

A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"

Crimson pistol belt

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in

Jean Valjean: Part One

The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which

Who is in the Background?

Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the second in the "Ginz

The Night is Mine

Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. How

Jean Valjean: Part Two

The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of whi

The King of Rowing

A pre-war sports movie by director Tomu Uchida. This story is set at the Waseda-Keio regatta. This w

Heat Wave Island

Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to

Stray Dog

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

Victory Is Ours

A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after doub

Profit from Killing

The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was n

The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Sansho the Bailiff

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled y

Frankie's Aliens

Dr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange flying sa

Black Test Car

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car ea

The Eagle of the Pacific

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

Silk Hat Boss

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there'

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their w

Apostasy

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visit

The Portrait

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artis

How Sorrowful

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to

Night Drum

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return

Typhoon Reporter

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and trag

The Angry Street

The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown

Kimi yue ni

Japanese drama film and Setsuko Miyuki's film debut.

Kingorô no omawari-san

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

I'm Not the Criminal

Japanese crime film.

Tonari no yome

Japanese drama film.

The Long Death

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the ba

Before Dawn

The Man From the Sea

Japanese action film.

Military Song of the Morning Mist

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

Endless Desire

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher

Odd Obsession

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot be

Killers on Parade

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews whe

Kanpai! Tokyo Musume

Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young docto

The Lovers

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and

Mr. Pu

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

The Life of a Horse Trader

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmo

Mother Never Dies

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Harbor Rats

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller

Story of a Beloved Wife

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno st

Ditch

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

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashi

The Tale of Genji

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l

Satan's Town

A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their rela

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a militar

A Visage to Remember

During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenti

The Feast of Gion

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.

Youth A Go Go!

Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young

Bouquet of the South Seas

Spring on Leper's Island

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.

The Water Magician

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling

Blood Is Dry

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Outlaw: Black Dagger

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the midd

Living by Karate

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.

And Yet They Go On

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

Darkness at Noon

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a

Tiger of the Sea

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.

Showdown of Men 3

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to savin

The Armed Organization

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurat

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight b

The Naked Woman and the Gun

A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a

The Gambler's Counterattack

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has

Clothes of Deception

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist boar

Journey

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangste

Woman Gambler

Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her m

Love is Lost

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

Song of the Underworld

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out.

Love in the Air

Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped

A Lustful Man

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven

The Human Cyclone

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M

Gambling Kitten

Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a reg

The Sound of Waves

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls

Tange Sazen

Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by t

Hot Spring Doctress

A light comedy with Ayako Wakao charming her patients.

A Fool's Love

Senka o koete

The Flower and the Sword

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees

This Happy Life

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

The Gun Like Lightning

Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just rel

Ningen Gari

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs

Code Between Brothers: All New

When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead

Nippon no obaachan

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo

Miniature

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha

The Foghorn

Chiyokichi, a young man, hates Cooper, a white man who looks down on the Japanese. Chiyokichi picks

A Geisha

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu,

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 Opium War

The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in

A Brother and His Younger Sister

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. T

The White Orchid

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

Yoki na onna

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Chikagai nijuyojikan

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

As Long as I Live

Who's the Real Killer

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be

Iroha Elegy

Confession

The Pornographers

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society

The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill

Tsuki yori no shisha

Yôki na tono-sama

Mighty Rules

Taiyō o buchi otose

Blind Wolf

Sad Whistling

A young girl searches for her long-lost brother in postwar Tokyo, clinging to hope and music amid th

Yokubo

World of Love

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble

Muchana Yakko

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

Lord for a Night

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

War and Peace

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

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