
Known for
7.1Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
1955
7.0Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Horeruna Yanpachi
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chinkasai
1960
NRA studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Film credits
1960s · 8 titles
7.0Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chinkasai
1960
NRYamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting and an advertising poster. The other is about coaching the hockey team. Simultaneously, however, he is head over heels for three gals, one is a hairdresser, one is a fashion model and of course the third is part of the cheering squad for the hockey team.
The Grave Tells All
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Adorable Schemers
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wounded Beast
1960
NR1961 Japanese movie
Shin fūfu dokuhon ren'ai-byō kanja
1961
NRThe story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
NRSachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her sister's friendships to unravel the mystery of her mysterious death...
Black Sea of Trees
1960
1950s · 44 titles
7.1Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Horeruna Yanpachi
1956
NRA studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
NRA passionate singer who’s rough around the edges but has a warm heart; a kind-hearted, impoverished painter who devotes himself wholeheartedly; and a beautiful opera singer loved by both of them—the joys and sorrows of Asakusa during the golden age of opera.
Asakusa Lights
1956
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
NRAn exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.
Tokyo Crime Map
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Konna okusama mita koto nai
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Nureta hitomi
1959
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Paper Pigeon
1959
NRChieko Izumi is a reporter for the magazine "Weekly Japanese Women". She had come to Tokyo to stay with her aunt in order to escape her stubborn grandmother in her hometown in Kyushu, who was trying to force her to marry Komori, the local ringleader.
Inhibited Love
1955
NRA high school girl kills her father's mistress.
Sabakareru jūdai
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mother
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Konna abekku mita koto nai
1954
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.
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
NRA passionate, righteous journalist, burning with indignation, draws his gun of justice in response to the death of his fellow photographer.
Tokyo Gang
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tokai no kiba
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kaachan wa hannin janai
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Woman of Fire
1954
NRA poignant and deeply moving story of the officers and men of the Saipan “Total Annihilation” Unit, who, longing for their loved ones back home, return to their homeland unseen.
The Invisible 108th Unit
1956
9.0Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
NRThe former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase. Murase's mother had remarried after his father's death and the impressionable boy hated his overbearing father who held the whip-hand over his gentle mother. Out of defiance of his step-father he became wayward. But he was bright and his teacher persuaded him to enter the Academy as he knew that if he left home, his mother need not feel apologetic towards her husband on his account. Discipline was strict, their studies were hard and, in between, all the new cadets received an ample share of beatings, at the hands of the senior cadets, for the slightest mistakes. Murase thought all picked on him the most, especially Cadet First Class Kogure, who manhandled him at the slightest excuse.
Etajima, the Naval Academy
1959
NRA young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a one-on-one fight in which sparks fly! A cheerful youth film!
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
A romantic action drama set in early Meiji-era Hokkaido, centered on a passionate, justice-seeking newspaper reporter who takes on an official seeking to line his own pockets, alongside an ill-fated brother and sister harboring a desire for revenge.
Eki basha osowaru
1957
NRAn ominous skull at a wedding venue; a series of chilling, mysterious incidents befalling a wealthy man whose heads of the family have gone missing on their wedding nights; and a mysterious white-haired demon driven mad by revenge!
Ma no hanayome ishō
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hanazakari otoko ichidai
1955
NRJudo movie.
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
10.0A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
Farewell Song
1955
NRA poisoned mandarin orange goes missing from a murder scene and suspicion falls on a pair of beautiful sisters.
Dare ka ga korosareru
1957
NRA youthful film filled with youth and passion, set against the backdrop of the ocean and filled with admiration for a dynamic young man and the heart of a girl whose eyes are filled with pure love!
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
NRCentered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.
The Birth of Judo
1955
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 heartwarming tale of romance and thrills featuring an aging groom who discovers the potential of an exceptional racehorse hidden within an ordinary bloodline and dedicates his life to that horse, and an up-and-coming jockey, set against the backdrop of a thrilling steeplechase race.
Various Flowers
1959
9.0A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.
The Lowest Man
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hana no nijū hachinin shū
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bride Candidate
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.
Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
NRA romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.
The Aristocrat's Stairs
1959
NRA chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this coming-of-age romance film.
Miai Ryokou
1955
