Movies

Drama about an adolescent girl. Remake of Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...

Melodrama about high school life.

The second "Comic Storyteller" feature.

The first of four "Comic Storyteller' features.

Teacher Yuki (Natsuki) is appointed to a high school where he stages a big soccer match.

The third "Comic Storyteller" feature. A comedy set in historic Edo.

In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of...

A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

A romantic triangle comprised of two brothers in love with the same woman.

During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.

Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.

Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the...

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel...

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.