Hikkoshi yatsure

Manao Horiuchi movie

Princess Finds Her Prince

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to

Ishimatsu of the Forest

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962 Japanese movie

Pineapple Butai

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950

Police Precinct Part 13

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his d

The Life of Rikisha-Man

Good Morning

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generation

Lady Sen and Hideyori

From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the

Street of Shame

The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passag

湖愁

1962 Japanese movie

Wedding March

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Zoku aizen katsura

1962 Japanese movie

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then

Flower in a Storm

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

Romance Express

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shink

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

A Sky Full of Tears

Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko Ohara.

The President Talks Bank

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher

A Man from Akagi

Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain

Swift Current

Onna keizu

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Night Bitch

A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opp

Third Class Executives

1950s Japanese comedy.

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation

Ôban

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First p

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part tw

Beyond the Hills

Story of young love in the hills.

Hito mo arukeba

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

A Fugitive from the Past

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash

Next Door to Happiness

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer secti

Toilet Manager

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Pig and Goldfish

1962 Japanese movie

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

1962 Japanese movie

Whistling in the morning

Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illnes

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body

Night Scandal in Japan

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

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

Nami kage

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

At the Side of the Bridge

1962 Japanese movie

Girls of the Night

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Jap

The Wandering Princess

Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocrat

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

Kyūjin ryokō

1962 Japanese movie

The Romance of Yushima

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to

Ejima and Ikushima

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period

Women of Tokyo

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

The Betrothed

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

The President's Boss

A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's d

That Cute Girl

The Cast-Off

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executiv

At the Side of the Bridge 2

1962 Japanese movie

直八子供旅

One Step to Happiness

Koko ni otoko ari

Sisters

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko T

So Young, So Bright

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hi

When It Rains, It Pours

Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When h

Spring Snow

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries

Twenty-One Fingerprints

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Avalanche

Cascading White Threads

The middle of the Meiji period. Tororo Goro, a Nanjing expedition hit the first time to join the whi

The Estuary

Curry Rice

1962 Japanese movie

A Roaring Trade

Youth Season

1962 Japanese movie

Star of Hong Kong

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an en

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

Naite waratta hanayome

1962 Japanese movie

Kodakara fūfu

Green Earth

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation wi

Kōfuku no genkai

The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along

Life's Simple Pleasures

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays th

Late Chrysanthemums

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ d

Mother

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

A Wife's Heart

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close

Little Peach

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

When Winter Comes

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autu

Here Is a Spring

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

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dre

Policeman's Diary

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on

Love Letter

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

Women of the Night

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea

Broken Drum

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

Firefly Light

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima

Beyond the Hills

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

Santōshain to onna hisho

Japanese film.

Romance Freestyle

The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents

The Life of Oharu

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

Ghosts Die at Dawn

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of win

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.

乾杯！女学生

Bellflower

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based

Tokyo Profile

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old gir

Ichiyo Higuchi

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

The End of the Night

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a b

Boss Takes to the Road

Japanese comedy film.

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She

The Rose on His Arm

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of de

Zero Focus

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

The Human Wall

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

The Catch

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese village

Bright Young Maidens

In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student m

The Lovers

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and

Once a Rainy Day

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth an

Love on Rainbow Island

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet

Mother Never Dies

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

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

The Foster Mother

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her fo

A Story from Echigo

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-

No Advice Taken

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a hands

Dreaming People

Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that hi

Victory Song

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

Youth in Fury

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless m

The Blue Sky Maiden

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family wher

Thoroughbred Women Gamblers

Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Japanese drama film.

In Search of Mother

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza

The Cock Crows Twice

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Nunnery Confidential

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

Towering Waves

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

Born in Sin

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

Eddy Currents of Life

It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature

Souls in the Moonlight II

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva

Souls in the Moonlight III

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be ser

Whirlpool of Flesh

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparen

Tale of Army Brutality

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

The Kii River

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and econom

Love on the Rainbow

A seamstress seeks the love of her life while helping a troubled couple.

The Adorable Trio

Japanese romantic comedy film.

Glory on the Summit

A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of

Wedding Day

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accep

Someday I'll Know

A modern love story involving different affairs.

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her fr

Horse

Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to lo

Four Sisters

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

The Blue Revolution

The Surf

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But S

My Brother, My Love

Young Lovers

The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunde

Triangle Moods

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in

Young Tree

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cul

Late Autumn

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particular

The Beauty Expert

The Naked General

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Sweet Sweat

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 3

Echo Mountain

An Ishiro Honda film.

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c

A Pebble by the Wayside

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamot

Untamed Woman

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

Miniature

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

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Mahiru no wana

On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amids

The Passionate Spinster

She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako

Nippon no obaachan

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

Hero of the Red Light District

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

Dancers of Awa

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance

Double Wedding

The Big Ambition

The Rickshaw Man’s Son

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to becom

The White Orchid

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

The Street Car Game

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

Shanghai Rose

Adolescence

Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.

Itsuko to sono haha

An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

Forbidden Path

Storm on the Silvery Peaks

Flower Cards Chivalry

A wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with an old man. They are both arrested

Iroha Elegy

Awamori-kun uridasu

First of three Awamori-kun movies. Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi.