This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned...

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

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

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt...

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese war drama.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese war film.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Japanese comedy film.

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Japanese comedy film.

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

Japanese comedy film.

Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.

Japanese sex comedy film.

A 1942 film.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a...

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

A comedy based on the manga by Isao Kojima, written by Isao Matsuki (Kaidan Ama Ghost), and directed by Morihei Magaya (Gonin Musume). The...