Akitake Kōno Movies

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and...

Japanese comedy film.

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

1963 Japanese movie

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling...

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.