Kenji Oyama
Gamera, the Giant Monster
as Minister of DefenseA nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his...
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Gamera vs. Gyaos
as District Police CommissionerUnusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power...
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There Was a Father
as GraduateShuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite...
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A Lustful Man
as uncreditedFascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of...
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Odd Obsession
as uncreditedA middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he...
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Black Test Car
as Kunihiko MochizukiTwo car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports...
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Giants and Toys
as KitaNishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new...
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I Graduated, But...
as SugimaraTetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Gengo ÔtakaThis 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed...
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Black Report
as Judge EsakiAfter a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial...
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Warm Current
as Director, Internal Medicine Department, KanayaThe story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...
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New Woman Question and Answer
as uncreditedJie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha...
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Family Diary
as KuboTwo childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both...
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The Lowest Man
as uncreditedA young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his...
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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Tetsuo's friend, KumadaWhen a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as uncreditedA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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No Blood Relation
as LodgerAn actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of...
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Physical Beauty
as Tooyama, studentA hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts...
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
as uncreditedTwelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Introspection Tower
as Mr. SuzukiA reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The...
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Lovers' Duet
as Kawada's secretaryMelodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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The Tree of Love
as uncreditedA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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The Boss's Son at College
as uncreditedThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
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The New Road: Akemi
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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A Woman Crying in Spring
as GuzuyasuKenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict...
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Every-Night Dreams
as uncreditedIn Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the...
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The Cast-Off
as uncreditedThe inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high...
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Burden of Life
as Takako's husband KomiyamaFamily drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his...
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Forget Love for Now
as GuestYuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
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The Forest of No Escape
as uncreditedAdaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.
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On This Earth
as Toyama (Mayor)1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
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An Innocent Maid
as The young masterIn a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of...
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Advance Patrol
as uncreditedIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive...
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Triangle Moods
as uncreditedAyako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved...
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Joi Kinuyo sensei
as uncreditedKinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their...
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Sayon's Bell
as MuraiBased on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village,...
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Fools at Work
as Parent AA comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
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Night Butterflies
as Representative ShimoyamaA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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Superexpress
as Shinkansen Public Corporation doormanA man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying...
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Couple on the Move
as Hattori, moneylenderWhen a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to...
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Mother's Love Letter
as uncreditedDomestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run...
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A Star Athlete
as uncreditedDuring college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is...
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The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as uncreditedA playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he...
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Song of the Flower Basket
as uncreditedThree men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the...
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Image of a Mother
as uncreditedThe final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s...
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The Pit of Death
as Senior Managing DirectorHorror film directed by Koji Shima.
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College is a Nice Place
as KawaharaIn a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their...
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Love
as uncreditedHeinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a...
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Across the Darkness
as uncreditedA journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed...
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My Elder Brother
as Комибаяси, водительJyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the...
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Donguri and Shinomi
as uncreditedA city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.
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Love and Life
as Yoshitsugu KanoContemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
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Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
as uncreditedThe salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job...
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Three 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. ...
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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as uncreditedThis pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife...
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The False Student
as JudgeA youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
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The Beloved Image
as uncreditedKo Tanomura, who was ordered to study abroad in the United States for two years as a youth...
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Lips of Ruin
as uncreditedIndustrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also know in English as “Black Parking Lot”.
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