Shin Date

Duro relato antibélico que narra la desesperada situación, abocada a la derrota, que sufrió el ejército japonés en Filipinas, en 1945, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. (FILMAFFINITY)

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo gozen sanji" by Frank Nagai.

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience.

Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Un profesor de psicología universitario, Yamamoto, y su mujer Fumiko son padres de dos niños. Uno de ellos, Yudo, sufre de parálisis infantil y es objeto de burlas por parte de sus compañeros de escuela. Inspirados en la fuerza de voluntad de su hijo, la pareja decide emplear todos sus ahorros para fundar una escuela especial en la cual otros niños con el mismo problema puedan recibir atenciones y construir la necesaria autoconfianza con la cual enfrentar la vida.

Ginko será vendida como geisha para que su familia consiga subsistir.

Cuatro años después de la masacre de Hiroshima, una joven vuelve a su lugar de nacimiento. Takako deberá hacer frente a los efectos de la bomba-A, mientras explora la ciudad en busca de sus viejos amigos.

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

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.

This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen for his songs/recitations), his affair with a geisha (Sachiko Chiba), and the deterioration of his partnership and marriage.

Chorus of a Million People