Wedding Day

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a leth

Spring Snow

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

There Was a Father

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

Men Fighting Whales

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the bes

As Long as There's Tomorrow

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attemp

Haru no sanmyaku

1962 Japanese movie

Dolls floating down the river

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chiek

Zoku aizen katsura

1962 Japanese movie

Flower in a Storm

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

The Beauty in the Bathroom

Original work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which began

Mole Alley

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

The Injured Boy

1962 Japanese movie

Iki na fûraibô

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

What Did the Lady Forget?

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niec

Woman Boss

Here's to the Young Lady

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an au

Carmen Comes Home

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware tha

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son b

The Sands of Kurobe

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

An Inn at Osaka

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from

A Star Athlete

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is test

Forget Love for Now

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

Queen of the Wind

A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The c

Kokumin no chikai

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to crea

A Certain Woman

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a nu

Moon of the Plateau

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (T

The Trio's Engagements

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japane

San'nin musume kanpai!

1962 Japanese movie

Aruhi watashi wa

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriag

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

All is Well

All is Well 2

Sky Scraper!

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Kare o korosu na

Kyōshū

愛情の旋風

Love and the Shop Curtain

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

So Goes My Love

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better

The Man Who Has Returned

Naite waratta hanayome

1962 Japanese movie

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a

Tengoku no hanayome

1945 Japanese movie

Love Letter

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

Spring Dreams

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

The Conspirator

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, dau

Mount Hakone

Japanese drama.

The New Road: Akemi

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow ari

Sudden Rain

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Here Because of You

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teac

Thus Another Day

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. Sh

The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c

The Moon Has Risen

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple sin

The Maid's Kid

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akit

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter.

Victory Song

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

Suzhou Nights

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment

The Bridal Night Again

The Golden Demon

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playbo

The Cock Crows Twice

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

Song of the Flower Basket

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi

Moon Over the Ruins

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Fight for the Glory

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

Tokyo Omnibus

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

Hadashi no hanayome

Japanese comedy film.

Our Young World of Music

Japanese youth film.

Army

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's

Early Summer

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

Kaei

Young Tree

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

Maria of the Ant Village

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young

Statue in Fire

Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band T

Twice on a Certain Night

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who

Soyokaze

Pretty Devil Yoko

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

Our Chief, Our Doctor

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanes

Otome no iru kichi

Japanese war movie.

Let's Go in Good Spirits

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were cal

August Moon

Typhoon

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been

Flowers of Patriotism

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made po

Waiting Woman

Waiting woman

Crazy Uproar

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

First Love Questions and Answers

That Complicated Guy

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

Noren to hanayome

Romantic comedy

Koi no gashū

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

Go and Get It

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko.

Yasen gungakutai

Taiyou wo Daku Onna

A countryside woman working as a maid gets scouted for a model job.