Kyū Sazanka Movies

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

Romantic comedy.

1962 Japanese movie

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost...

1962 Japanese movie

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular....

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with,...

Japanese comedy film.

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.