Mantarō Ushio
Floating Weeds
as SentaroWhen a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of...
Movie pageGiants and Toys
as NatsukiNishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new...
Movie pageFires on the Plain
as SergeantIn the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...
Movie pageOdd Obsession
as Dr. KodamaA middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he...
Movie pageBeing Two Isn't Easy
as Laundry ManThe days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point...
Movie pageSeisaku's Wife
as Village ChiefOn the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane...
Movie pageThe Great White Tower
as uncreditedThe story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors...
Movie pageHole in One
as SaheiA female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from...
Movie pageBridge of Japan
as uncreditedIchikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until...
Movie pageWhen Women Lie
as uncreditedThree stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka),...
Movie pageThe Broken Commandment
as uncreditedUshimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now...
Movie pageAfraid to Die
as uncreditedOn his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on...
Movie pageThe Phantom Horse
as TamashichiFollowing the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as uncreditedThe mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of...
Movie pageWarm Current
as OdaThe story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...
Movie pageBrother and Sister
as KanichiThe eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with...
Movie pageA Geisha's Diary
as SakuradaA young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she...
Movie pageNenneko Shain
as uncreditedA handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His...
Movie pageBonchi
as uncreditedKikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal....
Movie pageAdvance Patrol
as uncreditedIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive...
Movie pageOn This Earth
as Terashima1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Movie pageEarth
as uncreditedKanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and...
Movie pageThe Most Valuable Madam
as uncreditedlchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful...
Movie pageHibari no komoriuta
as uncreditedHibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese...
Movie pageA Woman's Testament
as uncreditedThe first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for...
Movie pageNight Butterflies
as uncreditedA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Movie pageBlack Report
as Wataru NakanoAfter a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial...
Movie pageFive Scouts
as uncreditedAn early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of...
Movie pageScarred Yosaburo
as uncreditedThe film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with...
Movie pageIshimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
as Edokko MankichiIshimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of...
Movie pageUnending Advance
as uncreditedOne of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu,...
Movie pageThe Life of a Horse Trader
as uncreditedThis early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The...
Movie pageA Pebble by the Wayside
as Ichiro UmeharaTomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo...
Movie pageOkoto and Sasuke
as SenkichiOne of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
Movie pageGhost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
as uncreditedA ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a...
Movie pageLove and Life
as Editor-in-chief IwamuraContemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Movie pageThe Money Dance
as uncreditedMachida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time,...
Movie pageAcross the Darkness
as uncreditedA journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed...
Movie pageFools at Work
as Torataro NakamuraA comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Movie pageSarari 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...
Movie pageThe Cast-Off
as uncreditedThe inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high...
Movie pageVictory and Defeat
as Keisuke TakamiAfter the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura),...
Movie pageKoyoi Tsuma to Narinu
as uncreditedA hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the...
Movie page娘の修学旅行
as uncreditedAn uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a...
Movie pageSuki! Suki!! Majo sensei
as uncreditedHikaru Tsuki is a new 5th grade teacher at Tozai Elementary School. Secretly, she is also the...
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