Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »
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Tora-San 2: Cherished Mother / Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Chôchô Miyako
Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. Read More »
Actress / Joyu (1947) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Isuzu Yamada, Michiko Araki, Eitarô Shindô
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought Read More »
The Hidden Blade (2004) Yôji Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. Read More »
Hoodlum Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Matsuo, Taketoshi Naitô
The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
Tokyo Family (2013) Tôkyô kazoku
An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama and Tomiko live on a small island in the Inland Sea. Read More »
Shogun’s Shadow (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai, Toshihiro Asari
Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. Read More »
Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura
A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Read More »
Kanto Wanderer (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daisaburô Hirata
Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »
Pink Lady’s Motion Picture (1978) Tsugunobu Kotani, Keiko Masuda, Mie, Taisaku Akino
This musical features the Pink Ladies as circus performers who show kindness toward Read More »