Kichijirō Ueda Movies

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Two born rivals plot a new start after a string of ups and downs.

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

Adapted from the song " Tokyo Olympic Ondo " , which was the theme song for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics held in October 1964 . Song was composed by Masao...

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

1962 Japanese movie

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One...

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Life of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women.

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.