Fumiko Murata

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Yasuda

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.

Genre: Music

Cast: Yukio Hashi

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mari Atsumi

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jiro Tamiya

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Negami

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jiro Tamiya

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera...

Genre: Action

Cast: Eiji Funakoshi

1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

A talent scout who had his eyes set on a star left-handed pitcher in the high school baseball world falls to his death at his hotel. Was it a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Utsui

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Utsui

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

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Cast: Jun Fujimaki

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

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Cast: Machiko Kyō

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eiko Taki

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

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Cast: Mari Atsumi

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Cast: Keiko Takahashi

Genre: War

Cast: Frankie Sakai

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Cast: Masako Mizuki

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Cast: Yôko Namikawa

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Cast: Yôko Namikawa