The Inner Palace Conspiracy

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a m

The Hidden Fortress

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a

Hikkoshi yatsure

Manao Horiuchi movie

No Blood Relation

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her ga

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within

Ishimatsu of the Forest

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

The Lower Depths

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

High and Low

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

Epitaph to My Love

Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Ch

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

1962 Japanese movie

Otoko no Uta

1962 Japanese movie

Zoku aizen katsura

1962 Japanese movie

A Story of Floating Weeds

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegi

Woman in the Dunes

A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken capti

Floating Weeds

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpect

Iki na fûraibô

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

A teenage goldsmith with a dark past tragically falls in love with a young nude model.

Carmen Comes Home

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

I Will Buy You

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko

A Fugitive from the Past

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

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victim

A Mother Should Be Loved

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unawa

The Body

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to he

Sumida River

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to hav

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi S

慶安水滸傳

Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino

Beautiful Tengu

During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Frie

The Greatest Challenge of All

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years

Ejima and Ikushima

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

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

元祿美少年記

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting h

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Koko ni otoko ari

Shin kitsune to tanuki

1962 Japanese movie

Haha o tataeru uta

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass

The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads

A Hero of Tokyo

The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the her

A Roaring Trade

Dragnet Girl

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealo

The Boss's Son at College

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w

Dodes'ka-den

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “dri

Our Planes Fly South

Scandal

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a pain

Street Without End

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, de

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

1958 Japanese movie

Five Men of Edo

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo

The Inheritance

A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabout

Irohanihoheto

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

Here Is a Spring

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

Botchan

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Chutaro of Banba

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring r

Love Letter

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

With Wife, Children, and Friends

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes

Firefly Light

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

The Battle of Okinawa

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp

Furimuita hanayome

Japanese comedy film.

The Vassal's Neck

Japanese film.

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Thus Another Day

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

Killers on Parade

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews whe

The Genealogy of Women

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparentl

Christ in Bronze

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

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,

Children of the Sun

At 38, Seiu marries Masako, who is emotionally distant and attempts suicide. Masako’s past includes

Victory Song

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

Young Swordsman

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O

Lumberjack and Lady

A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a pra

Great X

A 1948 Japanese film.

The Unbalanced Wheel

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

Gang vs. Gang

The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame f

Tokyo Bay

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

Drunkard's Paradise

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving beh

How to Make Money

Japanese comedy film.

Incidental Murders

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers,

Happy Times

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

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

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.

Legends of Honor

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

Hot Corner Murder

Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game.

Weeping Doll

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.

Tange Sazen

Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by t

A Fool's Love

Our Miyo-chan

Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.

Always in My Heart Part 2

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Always in My Heart

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during th

Maria of the Ant Village

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

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

A Bridge for Two Alone

Times of Joy and Sorrow

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.

Only She Knows

A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating

The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fi

A Case of Honor

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic

There Was a Father

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

The Honest Fool

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His

Fireworks Over the Sea

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they

Mother Country

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kish

The Layabout and Seabathing

The seventh film in the popular series starring the Yotamono trio (Mitsui, Abe and Isono). Summer ca

Early Spring

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship

Spring Thunder

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at sin

Japan's No. 1 Braggart

The second installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

Iroha Elegy

Our Chief, Our Doctor

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

Great Jailbreak

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to

The Young Ace in Hawaii

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous scree

Typhoon

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

Police Precinct Part 8

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol ca

Japan's Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th

Okinu and Banto

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

Crazy Uproar

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

Beyond the Rainbow

One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner o

Lucky Dragon No. 5

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

Salaryman's Medal

刑事部屋

Hijō no otoko

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

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

Koi no gashū

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

Ohana han

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives

Hibi no haishin

Hiroyuki, a married executive, falls madly in love with Ikuko, the mistress of a ruthless jeweler. T

Fox and Raccoon

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

喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く

The Father and His Son

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Onna no ryūkō

Yasen gungakutai

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s

Before the Wedding

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.