Ranko Hanai Movies

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the nephew of a powerful businessman. She refuses,...

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends...

Japanese war movie