Woman of Design

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutica

Shogun and His Mistress 2

In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes ot

Tokyo Romance Way

1959 Japanese movie

Lady Snowblood

Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals.

47 Ronin

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force

The Life of a Horse-Trader

Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yone

Kanto Woman Infamy

The Bad Sleep Well

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

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i

The Burmese Harp

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himse

High and Low

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

The Wild Sea

Yoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro, his

Haru no sanmyaku

1962 Japanese movie

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

Dotanba

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest

Eleven Samurai

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, s

The Invisible Wall

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

Summer Days Across the River

Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-f

Neon taiheiki

Saigo no totsugeki

A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The ori

Kono ni uruwashi

1962 Japanese movie

Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life

Soft-Boiled Goro is a 1970 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro

Quick-draw Okatsu

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a swor

Stolen Desire

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki t

The Beauty in the Bathroom

A magician who targets the Yucun family, who obtain huge wealth through gemstones. Even the wise Kog

Sixteen years old

Senko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the badminton c

The Fugitive

An action drama similar to Wyler's "The Desperate Hours", adapted by Seiji Hoshikawa of "Tasogare no

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962 Japanese movie

My Second Brother

The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a b

Intentions of Murder

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

Salaryman Senka

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

Manhunt

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted

13 Assassins

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when on

The Sword of Doom

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jea

Zatoichi the Outlaw

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival ga

Samaritan Zatoichi

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister O

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th centur

Samurai Wolf II

Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their execut

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２

1961 Toei comedy

Break Down that Wall

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Intimidation

Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a despe

Escape from Hell

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

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes th

Tsugaru Folksong

A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays

Black Rose Mansion

When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive club, he gets more than he

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchante

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.

Living Skeleton

A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape

Everything Goes Wrong

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The

The Ballad of Narayama

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

Zero Focus

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip

The Body

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

My Hobo

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the N

映画村殺人事件

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

Tengoku wa doko da

Japanese drama.

Life of Hishakaku 3

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Mount Hakone

Japanese drama.

House of Terrors

A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous mast

At the Side of the Bridge

1962 Japanese movie

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s

The Wild Reporter

Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed

Jack and the Beanstalk

An adventurous young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk to a magical kingdom governed by a gree

The Desperate

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths.

Second Generation Young Boss

Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza famil

Nutcracker Fantasy

Based off of the novel, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and the ballet, "The Nutcracker", Sanrio

Yukiko

The Woman

Erotic drama

Aces Wild

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitima

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the G

Fangs of Night

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friend

I. George monogatari taiyō no ko

1962 Japanese movie

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We foll

At the Side of the Bridge 2

1962 Japanese movie

Free and Easy Special

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help

Goyou Sen Enjou

The Human Cyclone

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

Wolves of the Night

A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as th

Hidden Fangs

Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.

Curry Rice

1962 Japanese movie

Whispering Joe

Yojimbo

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w

Love and Faith

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan

Gorath

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

Play It Cool

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is th

The Family

Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power

The Singing Gunman

Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has b

Waterfront Blues

Based on Shinichi Mori song

The Sleeping Beast Within

A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the crimina

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being a

The Old Bear Hunter

After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt dow

Classmates

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

Kukai

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of Ind

Express Train

Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who

New Year Trip

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missin

Pigs and Battleships

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occup

The Song of the Cart

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

The Girl from Osaka

Japanese comedy film.

Excursion to Treasure Isle

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with hi

Meiken monogatari

Japanese film.

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man

Japanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.

The Glamorous Ghost

Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor.

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a bur

Love in the Mud

This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tok

Drunken Ghost

A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Tale of a Company Boss 3

A story about the nature of office workers today.

Tale of a Company Boss

Japanese comedy film.

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late fathe

Stairs of Evil

Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Indust

Endless Desire

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

Killers on Parade

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

The Lost Alibi

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when

The Blue Beast

Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses any

Harbor Rats

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

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his ser

Tokyo no Kodoku

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rook

Lunar Eclipse

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ish

The Temptress and the Monk

A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lover

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop of

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see h

Snake Woman's Curse

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haun

The Retreat from Kiska

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When

Seventeen Ninja

This remake of the classic film features the addition of Chiba Shinichi and Natsuyagi Isao as politi

The Incident

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest

Hokuriku Proxy War

A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sp

The Threat

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an adv

Gang vs. Gang

The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame f

Chibusa o daku musume tachi

Japanese drama.

Tokyo Bay

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two

Snow in the South Seas

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits

Warrior of the Wind

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

The Bride from Hades

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsu

The Strangling

The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that

Blind Devotion

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

Free and Easy 4

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew

Black Lizard

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

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

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

Down with The Big Boss

In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the hig

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the y

Theater Of Life

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

Devil Flesh

Fountainhead

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

The Eagle and the Hawk

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. Af

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting h

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

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

The Scarlet Camellia

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the

An Impudent Man

Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Ki

The Temple of Wild Geese

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

Without Complaint

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

A Killer's Key

Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kaz

Rub Out the Past

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

Solar Eclipse

When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, gr

The Seasons of Love

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thank

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

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

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determ

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a

Tale of Army Brutality

Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill syst

Refresher Course for Wives

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tell

Skyscraper Murder Case

Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a ju

The Detective

Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof

The Maid Story

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters

Seven Gamblers

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with

Tale of Ninja Duty

Mumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he happens to

A Hunter's Diary

Adaptation of "The Lady Killer" by Masako Togawa.

But the Flesh is Weak

A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

Lady with Seven Faces

A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets

Rise Against the Sword

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight the

Four Sisters

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

Wait for Tomorrow

Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his