Ko Mihashi
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as RôkyôshiAfter the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria....
Movie pageSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Honami KoetsuAfter years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns...
Movie pageTravelling Actors
as WakasayaThis film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Movie pageHatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
as uncreditedFukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and...
Movie pageThe Ghosts of Yotsuya
as Ito KiheiOiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and...
Movie pageThe Wolves
as uncreditedA group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of...
Movie pageTerrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
as uncreditedThe Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child,...
Movie pageLearn from Experience, Part One
as Toyomi's fatherPart 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character...
Movie pageSasaki Kojiro
as uncreditedDirector Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro....
Movie pageMan of the House
as IsonoThis film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his...
Movie pageThe Girl in the Rumor
as KenkichiA story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl")....
Movie pageSchoolgirl Records
as Physics teacherA "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.
Movie pageMurahachibu
as uncreditedA villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections
Movie pageShinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Hanzaaemon YoshinoyaAnother adaptation of Tange Sazen.
Movie pageMorning's Tree-Lined Street
as Chiyo's fatherAs suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of...
Movie pageFive Men in a Circus
as SeirokuThe main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring...
Movie pageThe Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Hotta MamoruA story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely...
Movie pageThe Giant
as uncreditedJapanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from...
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as uncreditedBased on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her...
Movie pageThe Wind Blows Twice
as uncreditedKanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her...
Movie pageSky of Hope
as HondaWhat is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited...
Movie pageOn Wings of Love
as Shintaro OkadaOn Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was...
Movie pageThe Samurai Markets
as uncreditedThe success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
Movie pageSea-Boy and Mountain-Boy
as PrincipalFocuses on the mutual antipathy of two groups of children in an Izu village.
Movie pageRainbow Hill
as Mr. HayakawaA half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop...
Movie pageIsland of Fury
as uncreditedFive boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked...
Movie pageThe Fighting Firemen
as IbeiKichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the...
Movie pageNightingale
as uncreditedAn episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.
Movie pagePastoral Symphony
as uncreditedA priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in...
Movie pageKarayuki-san
as uncredited"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former...
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