Masao Mishima Movies

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems...

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in...

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.

The harrowing journey of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts.

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

A yakuza man who dreads being released from prison, yet the day of his release arrives. Awaiting him are a woman’s burning gaze and the muzzle...

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

July 1945. War‑exhausted Japan groans under the heel of a brutal military regime. Young journalist Saeki struggles to cling to a fading sense...

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.

A 1960 crime film