Ken Uehara

Atragon

1963-12-22

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. Wh

Kaisen no Zenya

1943-01-14

Kempeitai fights American spies in Japan

The Precipice

1958-03-18

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s D

3.6

Late Chrysanthemums

1954-06-15

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ d

Long Way to Okinawa

1962-03-07

1962 Japanese movie

The Man Without a Nationality

1951-04-14

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Wedding March

1951-12-28

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Farewell to Spring

1952-03-28

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

White Fish

1953-08-05

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

1983-07-16

Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she sm

When We Came Back

1950-06-03

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Portrait of Madame Yuki

1950-10-21

A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath

3.8

Repast

1951-11-23

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and

3.7

Sound of the Mountain

1954-01-15

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slight

Mothra

1961-07-30

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expediti

The President Talks Bank

1956-03-20

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher

2.7

A Japanese Tragedy

1953-06-17

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her un

The Munekata Sisters

1950-08-08

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had al

Zoku aizen katsura

1939-05-05

1939 Japanese movie

Flower Season

1990-02-27

Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as th

Mr. Thank You

1936-02-27

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mou

What Did the Lady Forget?

1937-03-03

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niec

2.8

The Storm of the Pacific

1960-04-26

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanes

Ai no uzu shio

1962-05-22

1962 Japanese movie

Pig and Goldfish

1962-06-20

1962 Japanese movie

Housewife Camellia

1936-10-04

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime commit

Flower

1941-07-15

Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe

Sumida River

1942-09-03

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to hav

Made in Japan

1953-12-08

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

Husband and Wife

1953-01-22

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

The Singing Baseball Kid

1951-07-27

A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix

The President's Boss

1956-01-03

A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's d

2.8

The Lights of Asakusa

1937-12-02

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop f

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956-02-19

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

The New Road: Akemi

1936-11-30

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow ari

3.2

Where Chimneys Are Seen

1953-03-05

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-midd

2.8

A Brother and His Younger Sister

1939-04-01

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

Port of Flowers

1943-07-29

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the ou

Women at War

1939-02-01

Naomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive at a

Okayo's Preparedness

1939-04-01

A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance sc

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

1948-12-16

Akiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro Hidaka'

Wife

1953-04-29

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, mean

The Last War

1961-10-08

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superp

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949-07-16

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei,

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949-07-05

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have be

The Living Magoroku

1943-11-18

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitiou

You Are the Next Eagle

1944-09-14

A boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his eyes se

3.2

Gorath

1962-03-21

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

Golden Devil

1948-01-20

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Golden Devil Part 2

1948-02-03

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

3.9

Campus A Go-Go

1965-12-19

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Rel

Demon King of Yoja Manor

1957-10-22

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita co

The Tree of Love

1938-09-15

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960-05-21

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen in

Marriage

1947-03-18

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult c

3.4

Notes of an Itinerant Performer

1941-03-16

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a tr

Tengoku no hanayome

1945-11-29

1945 Japanese movie

A Flower Blooms

1948-04-13

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

Undercurrent

1956-09-12

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

Kokoro tsuki nogotoku

1947-09-16

1947 Japanese movie

Mother's First Love

1954-09-17

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and d

Dimple of Tokyo

1952-07-15

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The ne

2.9

Family Diary

1938-09-29

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married

365 Nights

1948-09-02

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love wi

The First Kiss

1955-09-21

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Bright Young Maidens

1958-10-07

In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student m

Love on Rainbow Island

1956-10-16

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet

Nonki saiban

1955-04-24

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

Nightshade Flower

1951-01-13

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

Jubilation Street

1944-06-08

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand

2.6

Victory Song

1945-02-22

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

1942-04-23

2.6

Vermilion and Green

1937-04-17

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952-10-09

A Night in Hong Kong

1961-07-01

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Jap

Fantasy of Youth

1955-04-19

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.

Him, Her, and the Boys

1935-05-30

A Japanese film

Men vs. Women

1936-08-29

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the er

Tsuki yori no haha

1951-08-24

Japanese drama film.

Sir Galahad in Campus

1961-07-08

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

Pride of the Campus

1962-02-10

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

3.7

Untamed Woman

1957-05-28

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

Tokyo Omnibus

1959-10-30

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who ru

3.4

Army

1944-12-07

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's

Nocturne of a Woman

1961-01-14

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catc

Someday I'll Know

1959-09-08

A modern love story involving different affairs.

A Ripple in a Morning

1952-05-01

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in pos

College Champ

1962-07-14

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

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

1957-07-09

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the fi

3.6

Chûshingura

1962-11-03

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

Blood on the Sea

1961-08-13

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

All About Marriage

1958-05-26

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

Actress

1987-01-17

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with dir