Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

1962 Japanese movie

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.

Japanese comedy film.

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's famous epic Chushingura

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his former colleague, Sakamoto, leading him to become a security guard at a film studio. Haruko, secretly a singer, rises to stardom within the same studio. Unbeknownst to each other, they both work there. As the studio faces turmoil, their hidden identities are unveiled...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.