Movies

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex...

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter...

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Japanese drama film.

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

1962 Japanese movie

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).

A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.