Rusty Knife

1958

Japanese

6.6

♡ 3

71%

Toshio Masuda Director

Zenji Yamada as

Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida

Jô Shishido as Shimabara

Mari Shiraki as Yuri

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?

Red Pier

1958

Japanese

6.8

♡ 2

Toshio Masuda Director

Mie Kitahara as Keiko Sugita

Masumi Okada as Taabô

Zenji Yamada as Tanabe

Taizô Fukami as Tottsuan

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.

Crazed Fruit

1956

Japanese

7.2

♡ 7

100%

82%

Action

based on novel or book

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

sibling rivalry

Kô Nakahira Director

Mie Kitahara as Eri

Zenji Yamada as Fisherman

Masumi Okada as Hirosawa Frank

Masahiko Tsugawa as Takishima Haruji

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957

Japanese

6.2

♡ 2

Umetsugu Inoue Director

Yumi Takano as Aiko, Miyako's mother

Mie Kitahara as Miyako Fukushima

Masumi Okada as Shinsuke, Miyako's brother

Nobuo Kaneko as Toru Sakyo, the critic

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.

What Is Your Name? Part II

1953

Japanese

6.4

♡ 2

Drama

Romance

Hideo Ôba Director

Eijirô Yanagi as

Hitomi Nozoe as

Fujio Suga as

Mie Kitahara as

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Midori harukani

1955

Japanese

5.9

♡ 1

Umetsugu Inoue Director

Masumi Okada as Prince of Moon

Ruriko Asaoka as Ruriko

Mie Kitahara as Swan

Kenjirô Uemura as Tazawa

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.

I Am Waiting

1957

Japanese

7.0

78%

Koreyoshi Kurahara Director

Jun Miyazaki as

Kenjirô Uemura as Police detective

Mie Kitahara as Saeko / Reiko

Naoki Sugiura as Shibata's brother

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

Hi no ataru sakamichi

1958

Japanese

7.3

♡ 1

Drama

Romance

Tomotaka Tasaka Director

Izumi Ashikawa as Kumiko, Shinji's sister

Mie Kitahara as Takako Kuramoto

Koreya Senda as Tamakichi, Shinji's father

Hisako Yamane as Tomiko Takagi

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.

The Moon Has Risen

1955

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

Kinuyo Tanaka Director

Hisako Yamane as Chizuru Asai - first daughter

Chishû Ryû as Mokichi Asai

Mie Kitahara as Setsuko Asai - third daughter

Kô Mishima as Wataru Amamiya

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships.