
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. Read More »
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What Is Your Name? Part II (1953) Kimi no na wa: Dainibu

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge Read More »
What Is Your Name? / Kimi no na wa (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa

Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe. Read More »
Blueprint of Murder / Ankokugai no dankon (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Mihashi

While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine Read More »
UFO Blue Christmas / Burû Kurisumasu (1978) Kihachi Okamoto, Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Read More »
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage / Kusama no Hanjiro – Kiri no Naka no Wataridori (1960) Yamada Isuzu, Shirô Amakusa, Shigeru Aoki, Mitsuo Asano

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hanjiro rescues a village in crisis. Read More »
The Rambling Guitarist / Gitaa o motta wataridori (1959) Takeichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Sanae Nakahara

Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko) Read More »
Return of the Vagabond / Wataridori itsu mata kaeru (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Jô Shishido

The 3rd film of the famous “Wataridori” (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. Read More »
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman / Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirô Tôno

This comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella. Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance / Zoku shinobi no mono (1963) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Sô Yamamura, Shiho Fujimura

Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga Read More »