Movies

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the...

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from...

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

1962 Japanese movie

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam. Seijun...

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

1962 Japanese movie

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One...

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...