Filmes

1961 Toei comedy

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable...

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

A film about the struggle of an officer from Edo, Toyama Saemon, with a lightning-fast gang of thieves.

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo...

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The...

A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for...