Chiyoo Umeda

Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men, but it feasts only on women.

Última de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. La película comienza con Zatoichi encerrado entre rejas, no obstante le dejan pronto en libertad y decide ir a visitar a un viejo amigo.

A documentary profiling a Japanese taiko drumming group based in the remote Sado Island, Japan. The film blurs the line between real-life documentary footage of the troupe's training and practice regimes, and staged performances of their varied musical acts, with sets designed by artist Tadanori Yokoo and an additional experimental electronic music score by Toshi Ichiyanagi.

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care of him. They has a happy time under the protection of the Tomisaburo Wakayama character, an oybun. But of course, happy time doesn't last long. The story is also related to Okada Izo and the Shinsengumi (w/ Kondo Isami played by Makoto Sato)

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy industrialist who may have been leading a double life.

Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.

Japanese crime film.

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

A sentimental drama about aspiring artist, Eiji, who rescues a blind girl. His friends Goro and Minoru and the blind girl's sister Kazue are a happy group until Goro steals money from Kazue's purse. Goro is arrested and his friends start bothering Eiji. To escape their harassment he changes jobs. But then he becomes the victim of an unexpected accident.

Teenage film

Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).

The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to accomplish this, one an expert swordsman, another a huge judo master and the third is deadly with a chain. To escape, she heads for the fishing town of Itso but soon comes face to face with Sankuro, the swordsman...

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

Tora-san, un vendedor ambulante, vuelve a casa después de veinte años para encontrar que sus padres fallecieron y su única hermana, Sakura, trabajando en una tienda de dulces locales y vive con su tía y su tío. Tora de mala gana está de acuerdo con el matrimonio previsto de Sakura con un pintor, pero sólo consigue arruinar el matrimonio cuando se comporta de forma escandalosa en la fiesta pre-boda. Sin darse cuenta se enamora de la hija de un sacerdote budista. Al enterarse de que ella ya se está preparando para su propio matrimonio, decide salir de su casa de nuevo para ocultar su disgusto.

The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.

Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two star-crossed lovers--Hideo (Yukio Hashi), an aspiring photographer from Japan, and Reiko (Jun Mayuzumi), a beautiful Sansei Cherry Blossom contestant from Hawaii--who are drawn together by destiny, yet appear to be fated to be apart. Will the sun set on their young love, or will it be the dawn of a new relationship?

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds herself in an unhappy, loveless marriage and begins to understand her mother’s actions.

Following “A Man's Face Shows His Personal History”, this movie is the second of the “Trilogy of the Wartime Generation”. It is a war drama set in China and depicts battles over opium.

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

El joven Sabu trabaja en una empresa portuaria como lacayo del patrón de personal, a quien profesa lealtad absoluta después de que éste le salvara la vida en la guerra cuando él tenía cuatro años. Cuando los trabajadores se declaran en huelga y empiezan a promover la creación de un sindicato, Sabu será el encargado de silenciar las protestas por medio de la violencia, sin ser consciente de las terribles consecuencias que ello acarreará.

Japanese drama film.

Keiko y Saeko son una pareja de hermanas que ayudan económicamente a sus padres trabajando en una fábrica local. Además, tienen que aguantar la carga de un padre chapado a la antigua, que presiona a Keiko para que se case con un buen partido y así salve el negocio familiar. Ella se siente atraída por un compañero de trabajo pobre, pero también desea seguridad económica.

Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight. Although she gave the cold shoulder to Tadashi, she gradually became fond of Tadashi.

Una joven que estaba prometida a un hombre al que amaba, se ve obligada a abandonar su aldea para ir a la guerra. Durante la contienda, fue violada y se vio obligada a casarse con su agresor. Aunque permanece a su lado, no ha conseguido perdonarlo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Un empresario de la construcción contrata a un grupo de asesinos profesionales para que liquiden a una periodista que está investigando los negocios turbios que se trae entre manos.

Shirai es un joven saxofonista a quien le acaban de dar la oportunidad de demostrar sus habilidades. Esa misma noche conoce a Mitsuko, una chica desesperada tras enterarse de que su amante está casado. Shirai le ayuda a encontrar trabajo en un club nocturno, pero se muestra confuso al respecto de sus sentimientos hacia ella.

Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game.

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.

A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attractive joy of first love, and separation is like parting with life. The mother-daughter duet with Isuzu Yamada attracted a lot of attention at that time. Haruko Wanibuchi, demonstrated rare attractiveness and pure charm by playing a heroine living in a beautiful and pure first love.

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...

A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes the focus of many yearning eyes and Seikichi, the boss' son, picks a quarrel with him and violent fight ensues in which Shinji kills a man in self-defense.

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

Esta es la historia de un remoto lugar situado al pie de una imponente montaña, cuyos habitante de manera inexplicable no consiguen superar los 70 años de vida. Granny, a punto de cumplir esa edad, espera contenta que llegue el momento de su muerte. Sólo su hijo Tatsuehi luchará para que pueda superar ese cumpleaños con vida. En 1983, Shohei Imamura dirigió un remake en color, que ganó entre otros premios la Palma de Oro en el festival de Cannes.

The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.

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

An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.

A young woman becomes president of a business.