Hope and Pain
The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.
Children of Nagasaki
August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.
Sword of the Beast
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
Hi no tori
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
Ninja, a Band of Assassins
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
The Inugami Family
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
The House of Hanging
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
Kyûpora no aru machi
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
Princess from the Moon
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
Akuma no temari-uta
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.
For Kayako
A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.
The 8-Tomb Village
A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.
House of Terrors
A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters. An unbelieving trio (a doctor, his assistant and his niece) fail to heed the caretaker's warnings and are slaughtered horribly by the jealous occupants.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Hana no Asuka gumi
Hana no Asuka-gumi. is a Japanese manga by Satosumi Takaguchi serialized in Monthly Asuka. It was adapted into a television drama series. It is one of the series with delinquent girls popular in the 1980s.
Zatoichi's Revenge
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
The Devil's Island
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Pigs and Battleships
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
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Yôji Yamada
Director
Toshinori Omi
as
Arles, Sadaichi Takai
Takeshi Katô
as
Chief of police
Hiroko Yakushimaru
as
Fusako Nakahara
Takashi Sasano
as
Yakuza boss
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Yukiyo Toake
as
Midori Nagai
Chikage Awashima
as
Tsumo
Hideo Gosha
Director
Eijirô Tôno
as
Minister
Kunie Tanaka
as
Tanji
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Jun Fubuki
as
Oro
Mieko Takamine
as
Queen Himiko of Yamatai
Tomisaburô Wakayama
as
Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai
Raizô Ichikawa
as
Ishikawa Goemon
Shiho Fujimura
as
Maki
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Toshirô Mifune
as
General Rokurota Makabe
Tadao Nakamaru
as
Young Man
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Sahei Inugami
Yôko Shimada
as
Tamayo Nonomiya
Masao Kusakari
as
Takako Irie
as
Chizuru
Yoshiko Sakuma
as
Yayoi
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as
Jun
Fujio Tokita
as
Shonin-no-Uda
Ayako Wakao
as
Tayoshime
Misako Watanabe
as
Harue Bessho - Chie's Mother
Kôhei Oguri
Director
Jun Hamamura
as
Akio Matsumoto
Takuzô Kawatani
as
Irujun Im
Hideko Yoshida
as
Hide
Yûko Asano
as
Miyako Mori
Renji Ishibashi
as
Priest
Yûko Kusunoki
as
Yoshie Munakata the Widow
Jun Miho
as
Akemi Katsura
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as
Mitsuo
Hisao Dazai
as
Umetaro
Emi Wakui
as
Ka 1 episode, 1988
Asuka Kurosawa
as
oni
Haruko Sagara
as
Yoko 1 episode, 1988
Kôji Fujiyama
as
Ronin
Yoshio Inaba
as
Village Mayor Makihei Araki
Shôhei Imamura
Director
Masao Mishima
as
Himori
Kotoe Hatsui
as
Wife, Tsune
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Tatsuo Endô
as
Takashi Ebata
as
Constable Maekawa
Nobuo Kaneko
as
Yamamori
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