Movies

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become...

Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan...

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair...

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing...

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming...

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.

Inspired by the "Shimoyama Incident," which caused a great stir in society in 1949, the year before its release, this masterpiece suspense film...

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Singer Eri stars in this modern musical.