Movies

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Melodrama about a young woman who saves a young man from the world of evil after he has saved her from blindness.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

Two pharmaceutical companies in Tokyo and Osaka engage in a fierce battle of wits over the sale of aphrodisiacs. Shigeru Amachi and Yumiko Nogawa,...

The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's...

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

1962 Japanese movie

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin...

Master swordsman and loyal 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

1951 Japanese movie

A seafaring man who hates women and a barmaid who hates men… drawn together and torn apart by a strange twist of fate… a melodrama of...