
Known for
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hanzai rokugōchi
1960
NRA painter seduces a young lady he met in Ginza on his first day off, while an innocent maid from the countryside falls in love and makes a big splash with her heroic exploits.
Jochū-san nikki
1956
NRA woman saves a man from throwing himself into a mountain lake after being cornered by his yakuza friends.
Aishū ressha
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Eiji Izutsu, a young architectural engineer, suddenly came into a massive inheritance on the condition that he marry a woman named Chigusa Takemura, who owned a jade ring. If he failed to fulfill this condition, the inheritance would go to Chigusa instead.
Byakuran kōran
1952
A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.
Tsuma mo koisu
1950
Film credits
1960s · 19 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hanzai rokugōchi
1960
7.0A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
The Whale God
1962
6.3On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
Afraid to Die
1960
9.0Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Champion Woman Gambler
1968
7.0A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is tormented by the fact that she is ruining her husband's future, and decides to divorce him as the only thing she can do for him.
While Yet a Wife
1965
7.2High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him into divorcing his wife, only for their new marriage to be destabilized by the arrival of her young niece.
Stolen Pleasure
1962
7.0A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
Sentimental Mobsters
1963
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Last-Ditch Glory
1961
NRA comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....
Muchana Yakko
1964
6.7A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
The False Student
1960
6.6After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Black Report
1963
10.0Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.
The Burdened Sisters
1961
NR1961 Theater of Life adaptation.
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
8.0A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
The Beloved Image
1960
NR1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.
Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop
1962
NRA bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires to become a maid and lives a healthy life despite the hardships she encounters with people from all walks of life. Ririko Tachibana moved to Tokyo in reliance on her aunt Motoko, who lives in Tokyo. When Ririko leaves her classmate Chizuko Misawa, who says she is going to rely on jazz singer Michi Nozoe, and arrives at her aunt's house, she is disappointed to find that a job has been arranged for her as a nanny. Her dream of attending night high school was dashed, but Ririko made up her mind to do her best to do as much as she could. The Honbashi family, where she was employed, lived alone with the widow Shinae, and Mrs Shinae was asked to go to her daughters' house to help out...
Young Trees
1963
8.0A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
Bury Me Deep
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Prize of Flesh
1961
NR1962 Japanese movie
Ashita au hito
1962
1950s · 29 titles
NRA painter seduces a young lady he met in Ginza on his first day off, while an innocent maid from the countryside falls in love and makes a big splash with her heroic exploits.
Jochū-san nikki
1956
NRA woman saves a man from throwing himself into a mountain lake after being cornered by his yakuza friends.
Aishū ressha
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Eiji Izutsu, a young architectural engineer, suddenly came into a massive inheritance on the condition that he marry a woman named Chigusa Takemura, who owned a jade ring. If he failed to fulfill this condition, the inheritance would go to Chigusa instead.
Byakuran kōran
1952
A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.
Tsuma mo koisu
1950
NRA heartwarming story about Kenta, an unfortunate boy searching for his father, and Sensei, the town’s hero and black belt.
Kenta to kurotai sensei
1957
Even the beautiful international port of Yokohama has a seedy underbelly. An action thriller in which a newspaper reporter plunges into a den of vice to expose the smuggling and the prostitution.
Dai san hijōsen
1956
NRA series of kidnappings is occurring right under the authorities’ noses as they desperately pursue the culprits. Could the typewritten ransom note reveal the culprit?
Kidnapper
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Haha no mizūmi
1953
NRReleased on the same date as Shochiku's version.
Freedom School
1951
NRA young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.
Yearning
1954
NRThe story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of self-destruction.
Tenraku no shishū
1950
7.5Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
Samurai Vendetta
1959
NRA literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth with a teenage girl, and a daughter in her twenties who falls in love with a younger man and champions sexual liberation.
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
NRA story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.
Nanatsu no seiza
1951
7.1Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Giants and Toys
1958
NRA story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very embodiment of greed and materialism.
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
7.3The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.
Lightning
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Boshisen
1951
NRAmerican Sergeant falls in love with a Japanese woman.
Forever My Love
1952
NRA prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
NR1957 Japanese movie
Jū nana-sai no dangai
1957
8.0A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the man’s sister to make him suffer the same fate.
Disobedience
1958
8.0Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
NRThe film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.
A Grain of Wheat
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chikaiteshi
1957
10.0No synopsis available yet.
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hey, Nakamura-kun
1958
NRA timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
1940s · 11 titles
A pure love story between a former member of the imperial family who has been demoted to commoner status and a young girl.
First Love Story
1947
No synopsis available yet.
Dai ni no hōyō
1947
No synopsis available yet.
Port of Tears
1949
NRDeep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized crime. In the bribery case involving his old college friend Ayao, he had sought a two-year prison sentence in accordance with the law. Ayao took his own life, and his family was torn apart by the world’s persecution.
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
NRA dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and brothers on the other. When the villains’ carefully crafted facade is exposed, a monk who sides with the widow puts on the performance of a lifetime. A heartwarming pastoral comedy rich in human warmth.
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.
Kimi ka to omohite
1946
NRA unique tale of romance and action in which an escaped convict fights villains to save his comrade’s sister from danger, only to fall in battle.
The Orion Constellation
1948
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Odoriko monogatari
1947
Baseball movie.
Nishi manrui
1946
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Little Green Box
1947
Film directed by Kôzô Saeki
Tekken no machi
1947
