Kōji Mitsui Filmes

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes...

Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves...

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

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

Manao Horiuchi movie

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

1958 Japanese movie

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers, Tatsu and Sanko are unaware that Tatsuko is the...

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out...

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.