Movies

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the...

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

Based on the story "Uwaki no tabi" ("Affair Journey") by Keita Genji.

Comedy about a car salesman delivering a late model station wagon from Tokyo to Izumo to a representative of the Japanese Diet, who plans to use the...

A man running a small radio repair shop becomes a key witness in a murder case.

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and...

Nagisa Harumi had moved to Tokyo dreaming of becoming a revue star, but she couldn’t even land a job as a dancer and ended up working as a...

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the...

Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student...

After returning from the war, a man falls in love at first sight with the beautiful young woman who welcomes him home only to discover she is Isako,...

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

A young student falls for an invalid girl, whom he can only see from afar.

Kiyoshi, a struggling pianist, and Sachiko, an aspiring ballerina, harbour a faint affection for one another. However, one day, Kiyoshi is reunited...

The Matsukawa family lived modestly as a close-knit trio of mother and daughters, relying on the income from the younger daughter, Motoko, who worked...