Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol

Aoi sanmyaku

Remake of 1949 film

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within

Youth After School

"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develo

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect wi

Mother

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of

Pale Flower

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gan

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

A greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles.

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

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

Japan's Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th

Samurai Spy

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutob

Melodies of a White Night

A Russian composer and Japanese pianist enter a relationship strained by their geographic and cultur

Early Summer

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

The Naked Executive

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

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962 Japanese movie

Night Scandal

Escape from Hell

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number o

Pomegranate Time

Comedy-drama about university tennis players.

Black River

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land

Samurai from Nowhere

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of swor

The Broken Commandment

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplat

Hajimete no Tabi

Mermaid Legend

A couple of abalone divers has to confront brutal investors setting foot in their coastline.

Night Scandal in Japan

Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish b

The Militarists

A Dangerous Hero

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

悪魔の顔

River of Forever

Pure love story

Anything For Success

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His big

A Secret Rendezvous

After witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other out of

The Challenge

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for

Throne of Blood

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred

Samurai of the Great Earth

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Farewell to the Ark

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefa

Flowing

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Kat

The Ballad of Narayama

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food le

White Snake Enchantment

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangl

The Inheritance

A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabout

To Love Again

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them

Irohanihoheto

The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, colle

Night Butterflies

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

Raised in a Palace

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl

The Good Fairy

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investi

Farewell to Spring

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st

Deep River Melody

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's

The Twilight Story

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

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin

The Last Embrace

Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subs

Enraptured

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father,

Punishment Room

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend

Song of Farewell

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he l

A House in the Quarter

With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successfu

Goodbye to Glory

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

Warrior of the Wind

A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and roman

Antonio Gaudí

Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings,

Our Happiness Alone

Mototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother, Nobu

Miyamoto Musashi

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

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

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses

The Underworld

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantica

Accomplice

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

Get 'em All

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks

Tokyo Omnibus

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

The Start of Life

A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father lose

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

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

The Radish and the Carrot

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company

The Fossil

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a gli

Someday I'll Know

A modern love story involving different affairs.

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally ge

My Brother, My Love

Intentions of Murder

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a h

The Most Valuable Wife

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daugh

The Enforcer

Tokyo Twilight

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact

The Story of Pure Love

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling again

Untamed Woman

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

The Rickshaw Man

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die

Fireworks Over the Sea

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they

That Guy and I

Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, sh

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr

Tora-san's Lovesick

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

Lake of Illusions

A free-spirited girl living in a Japanese province spends her time working in a brothel and running

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

The story concerns a homeless boy named Ted. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor

Admiral Yamamoto

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is

The Street Without Sun

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers

Early Spring

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship

Three-Fingered Detective

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony.

An Inlet of Muddy Water

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about th

Beauty of Life

Inochi uruwashi

The Dedicated Gunman

Third film in the "Inu" series.

Ah Special Attack Corps

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as

Jōen

1959 Japanese movie

In Self-Defense

A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-def

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

Set in a rubber company in Tokyo, this comedy depicts the sorrows of salarymen in a humorous way, ce

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep u

Structure of Hate

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over

最後の切札

Hateful Things

The story follows a humble merchant from Tohoku who travels to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of buying

Start Here

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family con

Frame of Snow

During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in lo

Punch Guy

Directed by Katsumi Iwauchi