Hajime Izu Movies

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around...

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

1954 Japanese movie

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

1961 Japanese movie

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers...