Movies

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei...

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

War film by Kon Ichikawa

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his...

1961 gangster film.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi,...

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

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

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

Akiko Yasutomi, an 18-year-old high school student, lives in poverty with her mother Hisako, but she has feelings for her cousin, a medical student...