Bontarō Miake Movies

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

1962 Japanese movie

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.

The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

Namiko is married, but has an infatuation with Ishizuka who runs a nightclub. The businessman is also planning on wrecking the company of Namiko's...

1945 Japanese movie

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki.

Yukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a forbidden one. He is married, with children. She is a...

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man...

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...

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...

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

The magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.

1958 Japanese movie

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom...

A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.