Hisako Takihana Filmes

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for...

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...

The first time that up-and-coming architect Yuji Muraoka (Yujiro Ishihara) met Natsuko (Ruriko Asaoka) was at a contemporary art exhibition at the...

A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a...

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each other after family discord and...

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

1956 Japanese movie

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and...