Movies

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to...

Story of young love in the hills.

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

Enoken plays a magician real powers come from his magical hat. A jealous theater owner sends girls, then goons, to keep Enoken from performing his...

1963 Japanese movie

Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the...

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.

An Ishiro Honda film.

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision...

The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a...