Runaway Bride

Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief

The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.

The Lower Depths

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々

1962 Japanese movie

Fall Guy

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Kon

A Geisha on Horseback

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love

The Undefeated Woman

The Wanderer

After killing the deceiver, the Masa gambler comes to Ina. There is a horse market in Ina, and the l

Scoundrel

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, l

Woman His Prey

Kusa wo karu musume

1961 Japanese movie

腕まくり七色娘

1961 Japanese movie

The Ballad of Narayama

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a

Vengeance Is Mine

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company

Sazae-san's Newlywed Family

Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's par

Sazae-san's Marriage

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

1962 Japanese movie

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and make

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was

Pom Poko

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses

Sazae And Aunt Apron

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

When We Came Back

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Endless Passion

Okashina yatsu

The Dangoro Party in the Sky

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success a

Secret Love

A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Jap

A Devil of a Gentleman

Dynamite Doctor Returns

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

Story of a bandit king part 2.

Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Silk Hat Boss

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there'

The juvenile

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers

Screwed

It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a

The Great Department Store Robbery

Journey to the West 2: The Great Rampage of Son Goku

Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958 Japanese movie

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of trav

Harmonica Boy

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his

My Daughter's Only Wish

My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much c

The Old Man of the Propeller

The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”.

Fugitive Scoundrel

Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the

Utau myōjō seishun ga ippai

1962 Japanese movie

お役者変化

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokuda

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan,

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Enoken's Donguri Tonbei

Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with th

Return of the Outlaw

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama

The Yakuza Awaits

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

Japanese Women's Textbook

Asu no hanayome

1962 Japanese movie

大江戸出世双六

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the

大当り黄金狂時代　

Flowers on the Trail

のど自慢三羽烏

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Tōkyō sanosa musume

1962 Japanese movie

Tenten Musume

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.

One Step to Happiness

Tekka Wakashū

1962 Japanese movie

Keshô yuki

Free and Easy Special

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

Odoroki ikka

1949 Japanese film

Blue Sky Angel

1950 drama film

Roppa's Honeymoon

A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa.

Enoken’s Boxing Generation

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entang

Mama, I Need You!

After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone

Five Men in a Circus

The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rura

A Bold Life

Depicts the checkered story of a businessman working for a toy company in financial trouble, who ove

Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoi

Travelling Actors

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

明朗五人男

1940 Japanese movie

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that

The Teahouse of the August Moon

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a

Roadside Stone

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

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. The

All Rascals

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda

A Mother's Love

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Farewell to Spring

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant bus

Hibari the Traveling Performer

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night whil

Santōshain to onna hisho

Japanese film.

娘十八びっくり天国

Japanese comedy film.

誰よりも金を愛す

Japanese comedy film.

Big hit pachinko girl

Japanese comedy film.

Flower, Storm and Gangster

A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist fo

Dimple of Tokyo

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The ne

親馬鹿花合戦

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

Meigetsu sataro gasa

Japanese film.

Composition Class

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contes

The Legend of the White Serpent

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in lov

Ichiyo Higuchi

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

The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map

A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighbor

Karayuki-san

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute

珍説忠臣蔵

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when

Akitsu Hot Springs

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

Great Edo Song Festival

The feudal lord Kisaragi Yae no Kami (Minami Komyo) searches for a child he had with a low-borne wom

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

Enraptured

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a

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-

The Ambitious Youth

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flouri

Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel

The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddl

Hobo Village

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved

Enoken's Home Run King

Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with

The Unbalanced Wheel

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

Akireta musumetachi

Japanese comedy film.

Red Peony Gambler

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother die

Our Marriage

When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

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

Rampaging Dragon of the North

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to f

Oishinbo

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun

Fantasy of Youth

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.

Room for Let

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Ory

How to Make Money

Japanese comedy film.

Drunken Sword

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authori

Yakuza on Foot

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug traffic

The Swindlers

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction busi

New Journey of Yaji and Kita

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to c

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the po

Good Rascals

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

The Mysterious Cape

Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy pati

The Happy Family

Japanese family drama.

The Brick Factory Girl

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

Through the Night

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble o

The Rough One

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a cru

Price of Beauty

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

Women's Doctor

Life of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women.

Tokyo Omnibus

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who ru

Tokyo Sweetheart

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are

Prison Tales

My Sweetheart

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director I

Love in Ginza

Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his j

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.

Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival

A tanuki-themed musical.

Journey of Honor

The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry from th

The Sound of Waves

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a

Young Tree

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

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Part 2 of a 2-part romance (first part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan

The School Cap

A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs

The Harbor Lights

Twenty-Four Eyes

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village

A Yakuza Goes Home

Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself de

Travels of Gonkuro

Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad

Tôhôkenbunroku

Dancers of Awa

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

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor

Women Can't Be Beaten

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his

The Shrikes

Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

Sazae's Engagement Trip

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.

Scoundrel

Sazae-san's Baby

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broke

Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of t

Case of a Young Lord 8

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed

Akireta renchû

The first in a series of films featuring the comedy duo Entatsu-Achako, providing them with a backgr

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an al

Every Wife Cannot Stand Still

Bikkuri Sanjuushi

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume

Pleasant Company

The Forest of the Little Bear

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to

Jakoman and Tetsu

In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inha

The Jumping Magistrate

The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate

The Kingdom of Spectacles

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pi

Nightingale

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.