A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Tag Archives: Tomu Uchida
Twilight Saloon AKA Tasogare sakaba (1955) Tomu Uchida, Shigeru Amachi, Korema Arima, Ureo Egawa
In Twilight Saloon a cast of diverse characters spend an eventful evening Read More »
The Mad Fox AKA Koiya koi nasuna koi (1962) Tomu Uchida, Hashizô Ôkawa, Michiko Saga, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white Read More »
Souls in the Moonlight 2 AKA Daibosatsu tôge – Dai ni bu (1958) Tomu Uchida, Kusuo Abe, Harue Akagi, Chiyonosuke Azuma
The Dai-bosatsu toge saga (a trilogy) is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
A Hole of My Own Making AKA Jibun no ana no nakade (1955) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara
Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates Read More »
A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji (1955) Tomu Uchida, Chiezo Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa
A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. Read More »
Policeman (1933) Tomu Uchida, Eiji Nakano, Isamu Kosugi, Taisuke Matsumoto
Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »
Earth (1939) Tomu Uchida, Isamu Kosugi, Akiko Kazami, Donguriboya
The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. Read More »
The Master Spearman (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chikage Awashima, Hiromi Hanazono, Kensaku Hara, Drama
Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri Read More »
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Romance
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going to be bought by a customer, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Read More »