Ken Mitsuda
Red Beard
as Genpaku AmanoAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
Movie pageSansho the Bailiff
as Prime Minister FujiwaraIn medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was...
Movie pageI Live in Fear
as Judge ArakiKiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an...
Movie pageThe Bad Sleep Well
as Public Corporation President ArimuraIn this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...
Movie pageThe Ballad of Narayama
as TeruyanIn Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of...
Movie pageWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as SonodaKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
Movie pageManji
as NovelistThe four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
Movie pageThe Great Wall
as MenciusIn 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his...
Movie pageRevenge
as Katagai YoromoAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
Movie pageThe World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five...
Movie pageThe Yoshida School
as Kijūrō ShideharaCoinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece...
Movie pageBattle of the Japan Sea
as Ariaki YamagataJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
Movie pageThe Threat
as SakataTwo escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an...
Movie pageYotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Ichimonjiya KiheiIemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot...
Movie pageNight Butterflies
as uncreditedA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Movie pageThe Lost Alibi
as OkazakiSuspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised...
Movie pageA Design for Dying
as uncreditedShikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils...
Movie pageRaised in a Palace
as "Manharu" masterSet in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young...
Movie pageNight Scandal in Japan
as MikiMayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in...
Movie pageThe Conspirator
as uncreditedYoung lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime,...
Movie pageYotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Ichimonjiya KiheiPart 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and...
Movie pageArmy
as TomonojoA widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.
Movie pageAn Inlet of Muddy Water
as uncreditedA Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each...
Movie pageDispersed Clouds
as Ryohei FujimuraFive women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when...
Movie pageAfraid to Die
as uncreditedOn his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on...
Movie pageFreedom School
as uncreditedMinamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is...
Movie pageThe Invisible Wall
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Movie pageJudge and Jeopardy
as uncreditedIt is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's...
Movie pageCosmetic Sales Competition
as uncreditedA cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.
Movie pageThe Young and Bad
as uncreditedNot too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his...
Movie pageThe Black Cat
as uncreditedHelping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
Movie pageFumiko's Five Benefactors
as ComposerA greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles.
Movie pageThe Wandering Princess
as AsabukiPu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of...
Movie pageZoku jūdai no seiten
as PrincipleFilm directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Movie pageThree-Fingered Detective
as uncreditedBeing acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding...
Movie pageThe False Student
as University presidentA youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
Movie pageThree o'clock in the morning in a big city
as uncreditedTo avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. ...
Movie pageProfessional Killers
as Seiten no DaigorôTwo assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone...
Movie pageThe Whisper of Spring
as uncreditedAfter graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko,...
Movie pageWhite Fish
as ToyamaA family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a...
Movie pageWhirlpool of Flesh
as uncreditedDuring the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is...
Movie pageSunflower Girl
as uncreditedYoung Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei...
Movie pageThe House of the Sleeping Virgins
as uncreditedAbout an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized...
Movie pageThe Storm over Arabia
as uncreditedJapanese action film set in Arabia.
Movie pageThe Thinking Leaf
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Movie pageProfessional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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