The Last War

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superp

A Good Man, A Good Day

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his sur

Fountainhead

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

High and Low

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

A Woman's Life

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Phoenix

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news

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

Fateful Birthplace

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Itsudemo yume o

This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara

情熱の詩人啄木

1962 Japanese movie

Beautiful Calendar

Yajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school, there i

The Invisible Wall

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

Shinran

A biographical movie about Shinran

越後獅子祭

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

Dotanba

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

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

Shiroi natsu

Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while

The Ballad of Narayama

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

Whistling in the morning

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

A Billionaire

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

Our Failures

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love ad

Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun

1962 Japanese movie

The Desperate

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

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

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

Yukiko

Sotobori Murder Case

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizi

Tokyo Bay

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

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplom

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

1962 Japanese movie

The Baby Carriage

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

Rififi in Tokyo

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

Mune yori mune ni

Japanese drama

Love and the Shop Curtain

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan

The Red Water

Comedy drama film

Avalanche

Satsujin-sha o oe

1962 Japanese movie

Shinran, Part II

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

Hadaka no Machi

Summer Clouds

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

A Wanderer's Notebook

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook featu

A Carpenter and Children

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an aff

Roadside Stone

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, co

Run, Genta, Run!

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of findin

Spring Dreams

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home

Meiken monogatari

Japanese film.

Island of Fury

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up i

Nikoyon monogatari

Japanese drama film.

The Twilight Story

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing moth

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

Zero Focus

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

Points and Lines

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group

Lead Tombstone

LEAD TOMBSTONE tracks the progress of a young sociopathic rake who had, immediately post-WW2, rescue

Eight Hours of Terror

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

The Lost Alibi

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

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is abo

Harbor Rats

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

Beyond the Green Hills

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was ag

The Third Ninja

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father,

The Gambling Samurai

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has be

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

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

Snow in the South Seas

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

Blood Is Dry

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive

Black River

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land

Fine Man

A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

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

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

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

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar

Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He

Tengoku wa doko da

Japanese drama.

Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword

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

The Master Spearman

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit hara

The River Fuefuki

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poo

An Autumn Afternoon

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she sh

Nippon no obaachan

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

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

Tales of Ginza

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband

Happiness of Us Alone

The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a scho

The Angry Sea

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Mark of Blood

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

The Street Without Sun

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers

Woman of Design

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

Tomoshibi

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although

The Child Writers

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the chi

Akutoku

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

Frankie the Milkman

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to T

I Want to Be a Shellfish

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husban

City

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

A House in the Quarter

With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successfu

White Cliffs

1960 Toei film.

Different Sons

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over

Hidden Fangs

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

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

The Counterfeiters

The Preacher of Love

1961 Japanese movie

Hijō no otoko

1961 Japanese movie

八州血煙り笠

1961 Japanese movie

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

Set in a rubber company in Tokyo, this comedy depicts the sorrows of salarymen in a humorous way, ce

Koi no gashū

Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miy

高校四年

1957 Japanese movie

Red Flowers of Hell

1961 gangster film.

Irohanihoheto

The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, colle

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

Police Department Story, Part 15: Alibi

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government ag

Fox and Raccoon

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and

Black Flower Petal

A reformed bartender is blackmailed into aiding a heist by former gang associates, leading to betray

Daybreak Chorus

In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Sa

Sisters

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelec