Movies

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during...

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...

The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing,...

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi...

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an...

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

Part one of The Masterless 47.

A childless lawyer and his wife take in the quiet daughter of an imprisoned client, whose presence eventually creates romantic tension with the...

1962 Japanese movie

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...