Acting
Kan Hayashi
Acting credits
7.7A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
Floating Clouds
1955
NRKazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.
Koga Manshion
1949
5.8When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
The H-Man
1958
7.0A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
The Naked General
1958
6.4Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and gets involved with two opposing yakuza gangs.
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
6.7Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about her cutting out recipes from the newspaper before he finishes reading it. Their animosities are witnessed by Fumiko's niece Ayako, who visits to complain about her own husband's inattentiveness, and their new neighbours, the Imasatos.
Sudden Rain
1956
7.8During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
Oh, Bomb!
1964
Directed by Eizo Tanaka.
Woman in the Stream
1921
Directed by Eizo Tanaka.
Scent of the White Lily
1921
7.1A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
A Woman's Life
1963
8.0The ruthless and ambitious Yasuhiko uses his charm to manipulate and exploit those around him to climb the corporate social ladder. His cold-blooded ascent eventually leads to moral decay as his past actions begin to catch up with him.
The Blue Beast
1960
10.0Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Directed by Eizo Tanaka.
Before the Morning Sun Shines
1921
7.0In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines, and Tokyo was reduced to a sea of fire by another massive air raid. However, within the Ministry of the Army, there were still officers who were enthusiastic about a decisive battle on the mainland. Eventually, the Okinawa garrison was annihilated, and the US military was approaching the mainland, but on July 27th, the Potsdam Conference between the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union broadcast the Triple Joint Declaration, which set out the final terms of surrender for Japan.
日本敗れず
1954
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Yasugorō shusse
1953
7.0Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
6.4Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.
Blueprint of Murder
1961
NRJidai-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
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
NRA once-dead man is resurrected by a mysterious old man's spiritual magic to take revenge on those who killed him. An unusual and bizarre historical drama with a vaguely Western atmosphere. Starring the sword-fighting star Kozaburo Ramon, directed by Kenji Shimomura.
The Mysterious Edogawa Ranzan
1937
Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
The Fencing Collegian
1956