
A pretty pickpocket is travelling on an express train from Osaka to her home village. Read More »
Tag Archives: Eiji Funakoshi
Odoriko / Dancing Girl (1957) Hiroshi Shimizu

In the heart of Asakusa, Tokyo, a struggling couple—Yamano, a violinist, and Hanae, a revue dancer—lives in poverty. Read More »
Freezing Point (1966) Satsuo Yamamoto

Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. Read More »
Fires on the Plain (1959) Kon Ichikawa

It is the Philipines, 1945. The Japanese Imperial Army has been reduced to a ragtag mob hiding in the jungles. Read More »
Hole in One / Ana (1957) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Eiji Funakoshi, Sô Yamamura

A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case. Read More »
Blind Beast AKA Môjû (1969) Yasuzô Masumura, Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku

A blind sculpter kidnaps a beautiful young model and takes her back to his home. Read More »
The Black Test Car (1962) Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi, Yasuzô Masumura

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch. Read More »
Being Two Isnt Easy (1962) Kon Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroo Suzuki, Eiji Funakoshi, Comedy, Drama

The trials, tribulations, and joys of raising a child. The film follows the everyday events of a family with one boy Read More »
Manji / Swastika (1964) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi, Drama, Romance

Sonoko, a bored housewife entering middle age, met a young girl, Mitsuko, at a private school of art. Read More »