Movies

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

Movie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki" (wooden head) because of his supposed stubbornness....

A Japanese film

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

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

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

Detective Umon investigates a wave of counterfeit money in Edo linked to the murder of a mint official. His search leads him to a mysterious...

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

While under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the...

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.