Jun Tatara Filmes

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

Japanese film.

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

1961 Japanese movie

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by...

The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and...

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers'...

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...