Ikiru

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

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella

Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murde

Young Lord Yakuza

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the d

High and Low

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s

The Stragglers

The last Japanese soldier in 16 years who survived

Black Lizard

A detective tries to outwit an art loving thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get t

Sekidô matsuri

Yukiko

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song

The story depicts the sorrows and joys of women in Shinjuku, centering on a daughter who became a ho

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for

Assassination

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescenc

Affair in the Snow

In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volati

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

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

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam

Miyamoto Musashi

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

Summer Clouds

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to i

Beautiful Days

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his supe

A Billionaire

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and group

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed fo

Conquest

Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to sedu

Showdown in Blood

Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to j

Our Marriage

When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.

Ofukuro

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dr

Little Peach

Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitor

Vacuum Zone

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his t

Impasse

Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to

The Woman and the Pirate

In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there wa

Where did Sharaku go?

Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed,

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second

Sky Scraper!

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Avalanche

Hahakogusa

Based on the Nobu Koito story

Hokkaido, My Love

A college graduate falls in love with a woman during a business trip in Hokkaido

Stray Dog

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

Throne of Blood

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

Confessions Among Actresses

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is

Hero of the Red Light District

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn

The Affair

As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger

Still I Live On

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvatio

Cape Ashizuri

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

The Angry Street

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

The Shape of Night

Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate aff

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

Mr. Pu

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

Beyond Love and Hate

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife

Snow Country

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha

Dancing Girl

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved anot

Rice

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destr

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen

Four Sisters

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with ea

Secret Information

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Japanese drama film.

The End of a Day

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The of

Tokyo Detective Girl

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

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

Tengoku wa doko da

Japanese drama.

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i

The Thinking Leaf

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

Koharu, a flamboyant geisha, unexpectedly wins a trip to Sado Island in a TV contest. She is accompa

Journey

Price of Beauty

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

Akutoku

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern

My Brother

The Story of Pure Love

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

Weeping Doll

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.

I Saw the Killer

Nippon no obaachan

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

Knightly Advice

Invitation from the Beach

A wealthy Japanese sugar factory manager in Hawaii finds his wife sinking into depression and madnes

The Yamabiko School

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

The Love of the Actress Sumako

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outsp

Seven Samurai

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

Yakuza of Seki

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito.

Fill the Cup with Blood

Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn betw

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Elegy

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony

At the End of the Clouds

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

The Eighth Enemy

City

Violence

Student Double Suicide

The Valley Between Love and Death

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that i

White Cliffs

1960 Toei film.

Rusty Pendant

1967 Japanese movie

拳銃野郎に御用心

1961 Japanese movie

The Harbor Lights

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and k

Daigaku buyū-den

1961 Japanese movie

The Brass General

Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. militar

The Wife is a University Student

Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, s