The Baby Carriage

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her ch

Onibaba

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who

Striving to Live

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee

Toshishun

The Chinese tale of a poor young man. His mother married to the cruel king of the state and he wants

The Stormy Man

A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.

Angel and the Outlaw

1962 Japanese movie

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

The Life of Oharu

In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page si

The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full

A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of ei

The Price of Victory

Nobuko Shibuya's Japanese volleyball documentary

Mole Alley

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 1

Seinen no isu

1962 Japanese movie

Yukiko

Wakai senpū

1962 Japanese movie

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

Kataashi no ēsu

Morning Fog

Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the

Apart from Life

A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

Lucky Dragon No. 5

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu i

The Wild Geese

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in

The Sands of Kurobe

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

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mits

Conquest

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

Writhing Tongue

Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible

Wedding Ring

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have be

Ofukuro

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

Sisters of Nishijin

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

Ditch

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers.

A Chain of Islands

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how

Story of a Beloved Wife

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno st

Love Letter

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter

Subterranean Heat

Two Iida

Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair a

Asu no hanayome

1962 Japanese movie

Dorei kōjō

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

The Red Water

Comedy drama film

Sea Prince and the Fire Child

The God of Water and the Goddess of Fire, who once lived in harmony, were torn apart by the Lord of

Wolves of the Night

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

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

Akiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro Hidaka'

限りなき情熱

Is it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustl

Akitsu Hot Springs

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal s

The Fossil

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

Tsukiyo no kasa

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a re

Love Comes with Youth

During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of

When We are Old

An old man has to move to his son's new house. His wife is hospitalized and cannot move together. A

The Shiinomi School

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error,

The Little Runaway

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upo

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their w

Wind and waves of the South

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village.

Have Wings on Your Heart

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

How Sorrowful

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to

The War Without Weapons

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which wa

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

Japanese film.

The Angry Street

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

A Hole of My Own Making

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeep

Before Dawn

Kanshō fujin

Japanese drama film.

The Human Wall

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

Children of Hiroshima

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the s

Flirtation in Spring

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

My Way

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

Street of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chie

Song of Farewell

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

The Song of Love

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician

Chibusa o daku musume tachi

Japanese drama.

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

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob

Heat Wave Island

Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to

Solar Eclipse

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

Libido

aka Libido.

Apostasy

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visit

Broken Drum

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his child

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei,

Face in the Dark

Japanese suspense film.

The Seasons of Love

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

The Beautiful Teenager

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

Love is Lost

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

Dawn of a Canvas

Lady Chatterley of Japan

The Izu Dancer

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru,

Lost Sex

A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has

A Fool's Love

The Praying Man

The Brick Factory Girl

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal

Shutsugeki

An original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of “Kiriko's Tango” by To

Jungle Block

A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon

The Matsukawa Incident

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

The Sweet Interns

The love and friendship adventures of seven internship medical students.

Gazing at Love and Death

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy

Miniature

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha

Children of Izu

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

Devil's Gold

1950 film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Navy Bomb Squadron

Japanese propaganda film

Friendship of Jazz

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while

Sakura-tai Chiru

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in th

Sorrow Is Only for Women

The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went t

The Fossil

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

The Coming of Age

Unripe Fruit

A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the co

Onna no issho

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

Flame of My Love

A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where

Hirate Miki the Swordman

The man is chased by losing the beauty and preciousness of love and the foundation of life without o

Kokoro no sanmyaku

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War

Tokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and Glory

A fascinating glimpse of the Tokyo Paralympics Games of 1964 and the pioneering athletes who partici

Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai

Ishigassen

Across the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two villag

Four Sisters

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and g

Actress

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasin

Sensei no tsushinbo

Student Double Suicide

Muhō Ichidai

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the la

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

Ghost Story of Youth

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a balle

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

This typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture at

Forever, My Love

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoo

Autumn Interlude

The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at

Gambling Den Breakdown

Mountain Pass

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

The Flame of Devotion

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman

The Politicians

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal m

Onna no issho

Netsuai sha

For This We Fight

1961 Japanese movie

Shokei zen'ya

1961 Japanese movie

Karatachi no hana

This work depicts the poet Hakushu Kitahara's life, full of poetic sentiment, from his childhood to

Triumph Over Violence

Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only in