Jun Negami

Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a tender is being held to conclude a contract for...

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of...

1962 Japanese movie

This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take...

Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...

1962 Japanese movie

Assistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a narcotics ring. But he falls victim to the seductive wiles...

A Kamui family who governs N prefecture and exerts its power on the central political and business world. The mighty power was only allowed to be...

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a...

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her...

To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining action drama and an interesting love...

A crime film released in 1965

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...

Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi.

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

A Japanese soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii entrusted Henry Gray with an unfinished score and promised to complete it.

A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman as part of the Spring Toho Champion Festival along with other films like Godzilla vs. Gigan, The...

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to...

Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase....

Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

A woman fears for the safety of her fiance after his three brothers mysteriously disappear.

Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.

A detective investigates a criminal organization's involvement in real estate.

Third film in the "Inu" series.

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...

A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being...

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and...

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome...

An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their...

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

The final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s central themes as a young boy must learn...

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good. However, after being told that her younger sister, Junko,...

The 7th popular suspense series based on the original work by Akimitsu Takagi. Along with Kogoro Akechi of Ranpo Edogawa and Kosuke Kindaichi of...

A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.

A continuation of the story of the postwar years in the Japanese Inland Sea. Now a decade has passed. Two friends meet and decide to look for the...

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...