Night Butterflies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Kurohyō

Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Uek

Gonin no totsugeki tai

Dynamite Doctor

Film by director Kenji Misumi

Princess and I

1962 Japanese movie

Fangs of Vengeance

Anchin and Kiyohime

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel

The Gift of the Fox

Woman Boss

Accomplice

Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Forbidden

Yukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a forbid

Black Sea of Trees

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car acciden

Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza

The Homely Sister

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to

The Romance of Yushima

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to

The Diary of a Sex Counsellor

The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after be

The Betrothed

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

母山彦

Sugata naki teki

1945 Japanese movie

The Cast-Off

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executiv

Black Speeding

Takuya Tsuda is a cop who loves motorcycles. One day a speeding motorcycle seriously injures a child

Woman on the Night Train

Mysterious incidents occur one after another on the express train as it plows through the dark night

Saigo no kikyō

1945 Japanese movie

A Face Glowing at Night

Ex-war financier Kuraishi Kinnosuke is visited by a ghostly face in the middle of the night telling

Diary of a Nurse

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by

Training Ship of Yearning

A youthful film filled with youth and passion, set against the backdrop of the ocean and filled with

Odd Obsession

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

The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly

Police investigate a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is a strange buzzing noise at

Ninja in a Business Suit

An industry research director, Isomura, is killed in a suspected hit-and-run, but his employee, Hinu

Broken Swords

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

Satan's Sword

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book

Bronze Magician

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in

Black Test Car

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

Who Will Judge Me?

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Floating Weeds

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpect

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants t

A Mother's Journey

Image of a Mother

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

Afraid to Die

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on crimi

The False Student

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Black Report

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for

Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Whispering Death Beauty

Fujiko Niwa, a nurse, is in love with Dr. Suga, but fear clutches her heart when she overhears that

Chikaiteshi

A Storm Zone

Confessions of a Gynecologist

A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable

The Crowded Train

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing

Spy on the Masked Car

An industrial espionage film.

Mother

The Cat Knew

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a s

The Judo Champ

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

Honoo no hada

The Curse of the Ghost

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S

The Snowy Heron

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

Jōen

1959 Japanese movie

Tokyo Eyes

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope,

Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi

1958 Japanese movie

The Radiant Prince

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji

The Ginza Three Boys

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

The Sea Anemone

The story of a sexy girl with a passion for attracting men and counting the money she entices from t

Bara to ryū

1961 Japanese movie

Nocturne of a Woman

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

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

A love melodrama.

When the Cookie Crumbles

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

Sentimental Mobsters

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with h