
After his benefactor Shima falls ill, Hibiki (Shin Saburi) sets out to rebuild the hospital that Shima had run. Read More »
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The Deep Blue Sea / Aoi unabara (1957) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hibari Misora, Ken Takakura, Hachirô Kasuga

From a novel by noted author Setoguchi Torao, this modern-day movie stars the great Misora Hibari. Read More »
The Straits of Love and Hate / Aien kyo (1937) Kenji Mizoguchi, Taizô Fukami, Akira Harue, Kiyoshi Katô

A young couple of lovers want to travel to Tokyo to work and form a family there Read More »
My Second Brother / Nianchan (1960) Shôhei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura

Being a faithful ‘company man’, Yoshikawa moves steadily ahead within the Toho corporation. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time / Toki o kakeru shôjo (1983) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi

Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she’s cleaning in the laboratory Read More »
Be My Slave / Watashi no dorei ni narinasai (2012) Tôru Kamei, Mitsu Dan, Hiroaki Mayama, Misaki Saijô

Hiroaki Mayama is a publishing company employee who’s attracted Read More »
A Portrait of Shunkin / Shunkinsho (1976) Katsumi Nishikawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Moeko Ezawa

Okoto is a rich girl, who was blind since childhood. She has become distant and cold Read More »
Father of the Kamikaze / Â kessen kôkûtai (1974) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Noboru Andô, Shinjirô Ebara

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan’s defeat in WWII was inevitable. Read More »
Tora-san 6 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Junjô hen (1971) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Ayako Wakao, Chieko Baishô

A girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with Tora-san. Read More »
Tora-san 50 / Otoko wa tsurai yo 50: Okaeri Tora-san (2019) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. Read More »