20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Gambler's Farewell

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza

Lady Snowblood

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

Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

Hiroshima Mon Amour

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this cele

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his fat

The Yakuza

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and Georg

Mother

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

The Face of Another

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts al

The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

The X from Outer Space

The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the plane

Woman in the Dunes

A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken capti

Shinran

A biographical movie about Shinran

Antarctica

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expeditio

Samurai Spy

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

Hawk of the North

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After

Utamaro's World

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th

Rebel Against Glory

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. H

The Ugly American

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearin

Spring Bell

Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in N

White Beast

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation fac

Assassination

Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking c

This Transient Life

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. A

Records of Bloodshed

Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One

I Am a Cat

Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of f

Heat Wave

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi househo

Frozen River

A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one

She and He

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to exp

Lost Love

At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent famil

The Glacier Fox

Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles a year in the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in Ho

A Billionaire

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

Showdown in Blood

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

My Way

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her hu

Rififi in Tokyo

Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuab

ESPY

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesa

Hiroshima

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945,

Christ in Bronze

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

The Scent of Incense

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her moth

August without Emperor

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese gove

Avalanche

Sanshiro Sugata

Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata,

The Stairway to the Distant Past

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing th

A Woman's Face

1949 drama film

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

Shinran, Part II

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.

Blood Type: Blue

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blu

Hirado Pirates

In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who ea

Secret Liaisons

Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.

Lullaby of the Earth

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is su

The Gate of Youth Part 2

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

Love and Faith

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

Dog of Fortune

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With

The Alaska Story

A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes of

The Sands of Kurobe

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for th

Silence

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Chr

Vixen

Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes p

Here Is a Spring

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide

Cobra 2

Japanese crime film.

Vacuum Zone

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

Rebellion of Japan

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisal

Tattooed Temptress

Tonomura has a singular taste in women. He likes them, but he wants them tattooed. To this end, youn

Till We Meet Again

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

First film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

A man with many disguises uses robotic beetles, man-made monsters and other devices to try and steal

The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

Fourth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Tower of Lilies

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the isla

Devil in My Flesh

Modern sex and thrill film about tattooed prostitute.

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

Love in the North

Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.

The End of a Day

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

The Strangling

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

Secret Information

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

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes ins

Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle

Portrait of Chieko

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil p

Festival of Swordsmen

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword.

Permanent Blue

In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her

The Scarlet Camellia

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

Manhunt

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

Red Target

A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer discovers

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his bir

Crazed Fruit

A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika,

Five Paths to Revenge

The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Paci

Weeping Doll

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

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe

The Story of Pure Love

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

A Ripple in a Morning

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

Praying Mantis

A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the wo

Hadashi no seishun

Youth movie.

Traffic Jam

A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two ch

The Will to Live

Agi, the Fury of Evil

A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.

The Eleventh Hour

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

The Yamabiko School

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

Magnitude 7.9

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

Green Requiem

Restoration Fire

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale

Pretty Devil Yoko

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Toky

Karate Sanshiro

Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging hou

The Pirates

Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on

Japan's Most Chivalrous

Bullet Wound

Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an

The Chop Professor

Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One da

Shi no dangai

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

Take Me Away!

Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not

At the End of the Clouds

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

Summer of the Lion Kings

Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the

Violence

Fearless Opposition

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

Kyukei no Koya

A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shi

The Killing Game

A middle-aged office worker, Masao Okada (Eiji Okada), discovers that his worsening illness is termi

The Earth is Born Again

A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work

不倫　この愛が裁けますか

Junko's only son dies in an accident. Junko is exhausted by despair and grief, and her husband, who

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to

Japanese Humanity and Justice

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to thei

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

1961 Japanese movie

An Edo Magistrate

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster b

A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead

The ghost of a murdered husband appears nightly to his loving wife. A mystery of resentment surround

Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey

The night in Ginza was shimmering with neon lights. A grand celebration was being held for the seven

Scalpel

Surgeon Shūzō Shikine discovers his father Kikukawa’s rise in medicine was built on corruption and h

夕陽の恋人

1969 Japanese movie