BÚSQUEDA
After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt...
The Whisper of Spring
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
Sansho the Bailiff
Zesshou
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...
I Live in Fear
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...
The Bad Sleep Well
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
The Invisible Wall
Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Zoku jūdai no seiten
A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon...
White Fish
A greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles.
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...
Afraid to Die
Musume to watashi
1962 Japanese movie
雪の降る街に
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted...
The Great Wall
Facing to the Clouds
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The...
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Night Scandal
Only Child
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.
Army
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yoru no keisha
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
The Thinking Leaf
Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family - all in the...
The Wandering Princess
It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a...
Judge and Jeopardy
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and...
Battle of the Japan Sea
To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining action drama and an interesting love...
Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City
A film by Hideo Suzuki.
A Dangerous Hero
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....
Freedom School
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...
Red Beard
Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station....
Dispersed Clouds
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy...
The Ballad of Narayama
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
Manji
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Night Butterflies
1956 Japanese movie
こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...
Raised in a Palace
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...
The Conspirator
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...
The Lost Alibi
A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a...
Enraptured
A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces.
The Song of the Season
A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.
Cosmetic Sales Competition
A 1948 Japanese film.
Great X
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his...
The Threat
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The...
Revenge
Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the...
Night Scandal in Japan
It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars...
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
The Black Cat
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
The False Student
During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...
Whirlpool of Flesh
About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old...
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
Professional Killers
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Japanese action film set in Arabia.
The Storm over Arabia
Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed...
The Young and Bad
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...
A Design for Dying
Yassamossa
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...
The Yoshida School
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...
Sunflower Girl
Lord Tadanao
Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large...
Three-Fingered Detective
Resurrection
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Mother