Tsuneko Sudō

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up...

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him...

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during...

1962 Japanese movie

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous...

Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

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

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...

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

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who...

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires...

A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is...

1957 Japanese movie

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the...

Film directed by Kôzô Saeki

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.

The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and...

Baseball movie.

A pure love story between a former member of the imperial family who has been demoted to commoner status and a young girl.

A unique tale of romance and action in which an escaped convict fights villains to save his comrade’s sister from danger, only to fall in battle.

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

A prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.

Deep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized...

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of...

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth...

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.

Eiji Izutsu, a young architectural engineer, suddenly came into a massive inheritance on the condition that he marry a woman named Chigusa Takemura,...

American Sergeant falls in love with a Japanese woman.

A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.