Prime Minister
Unas personas de un futuro distante llegan al Japón contemporáneo en una máquina del tiempo para advertir de la destrucción que Godzilla está a punto de desatar. Para prevenir la hecatombe, toman a un psíquico, un escritor y un científico y viajan al momento anterior en que se lanzó la bomba H, en 1944, y ven el Godzillasaurio (lo que era Godzilla antes de la mutación). Luego también aparecen King Ghidorah y Mecha King Ghidora, otros monstruos colosales, que agregan una pizca de pimienta al festín de monstruos en cuestión.
One of Japan's favorite sword stars, Fujita Makoto, returns as the legendary Tange Sazen, the one-eyed, one-armed samurai who is a champion for the common people. Unflappable, except with the ladies, he fights evil in Shogun Yoshimune's Edo. The kokezaru no tsubo (earless monkey jar) has gone missing with a secret hidden inside that could change the course of history. All of Edo's top swordsmen, including Yagyu Genzaburo and Ooka Echizen are involved as villains pursue their evil quest! Superb swordplay highlights this exciting all-star extravaganza!
Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the man posing as Ieyoshi. He then learned that Ieyoshi had been acting oddly ever since returning from Kyoto six months ago. Sir Fumiya's investigation of the O'oku (Shogun's harem in Edo Castle) uncovered the plot and reported that Sir Higo-no-Kami had been controlling the fraud. That's when Kyoshiro heads to Kyoto to find clues...
Mr. Sakamoto
Como consecuencia de la crisis económica, una fábrica de automóviles de un pueblo de Pensilvania se ve obligada a cerrar. Para poner remedio a la situación, su capataz Hunt viaja a Tokio con el objetivo de que la firma nipona Assan adquiera la quebrada empresa. Lo conseguirá, pero ahora los trabajadores deberán adaptarse a la mentalidad laboral japonesa y pasar por un complicado proceso de reciclaje.
Nakatsugawa
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
Iwakiri Sencho
Dos científicos japoneses, Ushioda y Ochi, desarrollan un vínculo especial con los perros de sus trineos durante una expedición a la Antártida. Finalmente, ambos vuelven a casa, pero regresan cuando se descubren que los perros han sido abandonados.
Youth suspense movie.
Masayuki Hoshina
The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expelled from Edo, the military capital. During the political instability following the death of Iemitsu Tokugawa, Hanzo's Iga ninja clan battles against the Koga clan as various factions vie to seize power. The child shogun Ietsuna is kidnapped but turns out to be hidden under (or over) everyone's noses in a castle turret which is reinforced by a comic book villain, the fire-spitting black ninja. The good ninja has to get through all the traps & save the child.
In this crime thriller produced by Toshiro Mifune (who has a supporting role), hard-boiled Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.
Prime Minister Kuroki
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Three assassins take on a band of thieves who specialize in murder.
Hanemon(Otowaya)
An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they realize their mistake and retreat into the darkness. Days later, he is asked to kill the doctor's brother. What secrets are these men hiding?
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
Gômune Jindaiyu
Cuarta entrega de la serie de adaptaciones al cine de imágen real del famoso manga escrito por Kazuo Koike y dibujado por Goseki Kojima. Narra las aventuras de un ronin que deambula por el Japón del shogunato Tokugawa acompañado de un niño. En esta ocasión Ogami es contratado para acabar con una asesina tatuada, mientras Gunbei Yagyu, un antiguo enemigo que ha encontrado a Daigoro por casualidad, le desafía en duelo.
Mitsumasa Yonai
This tremendous blockbuster hit from 1970, showing the rise to power of Tojo Hideki, is perhaps the most important film to come out of Japan since the 7 Samurai! Interspersed with actual footage dating back to the 1930’s and throughout the Great Pacific War it shows in exciting detail the early successes and ultimate failure of the Japanese war machine. Never before has there been a chronicle of this magnitude about the war in the Pacific Theater of Operations, rivaling Saving Private Ryan with its intense battle scenes. With a brilliant cast featuring Kobayashi Keiju as Tojo, Yamamura So as former Prime Minister Yonai, Mifune Toshiro as Admiral Yamamoto, and Kayama Yuzo as an intrepid newspaper reporter whose articles detailing Japanese losing battles infuriates Tojo to the point of putting his life in danger! The final hour of this film features some of the most disturbing aspects of how the Japanese fought to save their nation and their honor!
Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Tora! Tora! Tora! es la señal japonesa para atacar. La película reproduce de manera meticulosa el ataque a Pearl Harbor y todos los hechos que le precedieron. Las primeras escenas nos muestran las diferencias entre ambas posturas: por una parte los imperialistas japoneses deciden realizar un ataque por etapas, por otro lado los altos mandos del ejército americano ignoran esta posibilidad. A pesar de que algunos mensajes interceptados a los japoneses advertían de este peligro, éstos nunca llegaron a las manos de la alta comandancia del ejército americano. Los avisos de los radares son ignorados, incluso la caza de un submarino japonés en Pearl Harbor antes del ataque no se reporta.
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Después de la detonación de las bombas atómicas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, el ejército japonés y el gobierno se enfrentan por la demanda de los aliados de la rendición incondicional. El Ministro de Defensa Anami defiende el continuar luchando, hasta la muerte del último japonés si hace falta. El Emperador Hirohito se reune con sus ministros para solicitar la impensable rendición pacífica del Japón. Cuando el ejército planea un golpe para derrocar al gobierno civil del Emperador, Anani debe decidir entre sus deseos o su lealtad al Emperador.
Kawashima
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.
Toshio Ôki
Tiempo atras, Ôki, que está entrando en la mediana edad, tuvo una aventura con Otoko, una chica de 16 años. Se quedó embarazada, pero el niño murió al nacer, y la relación se detuvo en ese instante. Tiempo después, Ôki se convirtió en un famoso escritor, debido a una novela sobre esta historia de amor. Otoko, por su parte, se hizo famosa como pintora. Pero nunca olvidó el doble trauma y se hizo lesbiana. Su estudiante favorita y amada es la bella Keiko. Veinticuatro años después de su historia de amor, Ôki viaja de Tokyo a Kyoto para encontrarse con Otoko. La reunión es educada, escondiendo las sombras emocionales. Keiko tiene un plan: seducir a Ôki, quedarse embarazada, tener el bebé y dárselo a Otoko.
Kappei Arima
The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.
Tachibana
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all the ninja who opposed him and answers that he suspects that there may be more. A servant brings water and tests it first. The paige dies and we hear gunshots as two ninja flee the scene. His suspicions confirmed, Nobunaga oversees the execution of captured ninja and decides that, in the future, he needs a much crueler method of execution. The daimyo Hideyoshi comes to visit.
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
Tokusuke Rôjin
Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, flashy dancer with a shady past. Pitiful and ridiculous as he is, Utsugi is without a trace of self-pity, and his diary shines with self-effacing good humor.
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.
A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his relentless pressure in the mortal danger of mountain climbing.
Love story of a Japanese man (Takarada) and a Chinese medical student (Yu Ming).
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
Una joven que trabaja en unas aguas termales salva a un estudiante que quería suicidarse. Éste se enamora de la chica, encontrando un motivo para vivir.
Senzô
En su lecho de muerte, un rico empresario anuncia su intención de dividir su fortuna entre tres hijos ilegítimos que se encuentran en paradero desconocido. La situación es propicia para que un grupo de abogados elabore un plan para apoderarse del dinero sirviéndose de impostores y del chantaje.
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol.
1962 Japanese movie
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish.
Prime Minister
This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
Naoyuki Nishizawa
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Un ambicioso oficial que desea destruir a un honesto gobernador, ordena a sus secuaces que lo capturen junto a toda su familia. A pesar de sus intentos de huída, el gobernador es capturado y muere en prisión. La madre también muere, pero se transforma en grulla. Robin y su hermana tienen algo más de suerte: son vendidos como esclavos al intendente Sansho. Robin trata de escapar de la crueldad a que son sometidos, pero su hermana cae en un río donde se convierte en sirena. Robin con la ayuda de sus amigos animales, un perro, un oso y un ratón, tratará de recuperar las posesiones arrebatadas y poner fin al tráfico de esclavos de Sansho. Estilizada adaptación del cuento clásico "El intendente Sansho", que ya había filmado Kenji Mizoguchi en 1954.
Kimura
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose original work by Ayako Sono was made into a melodrama by a combination of Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji.
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they must take any means possible to get to the bottom of this mystery and find out who is behind them.
Shoichi Kagami
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Director
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Ishigami
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
The epic tales of Saotome Mondonosuke, the "Bored Hatamoto" were told in over 25 films. As a hatamoto (bannerman, or direct retainer of the shogun) Mondonosuke has a crescent scar on his forehead, which is a license to go above the law in order to protect the shogunate. In this exciting entry in the series, a vicious plot using ninja to curse the shogun leads to a showdown with the Owari clan, one of the 3 branch families of the Tokugawa. Will Mondonosuke be able to discover who is behind the conspiracy in time to save His Excellency from a hideous death? Starring the great Ichikawa Utaemon in his signature role, this film is a high point in the long-running series.
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
Maruyama
An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The ominous foreboding of the First Investigation Department hit the mark, it turned out that the discovered unidentified body of the drowned man was Hirasaka. Moreover, the land in front of the station, owned by Hirasaka, was sold by someone. Suspecting that this is a planned murder, the Investigative Group, fearing the escape of the criminal, begins to act secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Takazawa
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Mr. Fujiki
Based on the Nobu Koito story
Director
Based on the Nobu Koito story
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the 'Sadomaru' near Cape Kasumigaseki. The ship carrying gold bars from Sado Island to Edo for the shogunate disappeared into the ocean on a day with clear skies and no wind. While it is conveniently blamed on a surprise tornado or whirlwind, the Sado Magistrate asks his lifelong friend Magistrate Toyama to get to the root of the mystery in order to save his reputation and avoid a life of shame.
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring new life to this timeless tale. Starting with the corrup practices of Lord Kira and Yanagi-sawa, the Shogun's Secretary, which in essence led to the incident of Lord Asano's attacking Kira in the Pine Corridor of the Shogun's Palace, this is the definitive version. Asano Takumi no kami was a young lord with high scruples, who refused to join in the general corruption and bribery which ran rampant in the capital at that time. By not giving bribes, he angered Kira Kozuke no suke the elder lord in charge of protocol at the Palace. Refusing to teach the younger man, and giving him false instructions was only the beginning. Insults followed, and a man of honor had no choice but to draw his sword in anger. Forty seven masterless samurai are willing to give their lives to avenge their lord.
Okishima
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Kaji, un japonés pacifista, trata de librarse del servicio militar aceptando un trabajo como supervisor laboral en las minas de la Manchuria ocupada. Kaji se dedica a mejorar las pésimas condiciones de vida de los prisioneros, pero sus esfuerzos son despreciados por el jefe del campo de concentración. Un día, el odio acumulado estalla y tiene terribles consecuencias.
These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, Shogun Yoshimune, he heads for the castle.
Michisuke Nishikata
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people look to Murasaki Zukin more than ever, to confront and punish those who bring misfortune upon the commoners. Will he be able to bring peace to the land? One of the greatest actors from Toei Studios, known mainly for his swashbuckling roles as powerful swordsmen such as Ryunosuke in SOULS IN THE MOONLIGHT, he appeared in 325 films both before and after the war, beginning with CHUSHINGURA in 1928, and including KUNISADA CHUJI in 1933, and DOKUGANRYO MASAMUNE. While best known for his swordplay, Chiezo really did not enjoy the action, but was able to use his menacing presence to stare down his adversaries. Although Kataoka Chiezo passed away in 1983 at the age of 79, he still has many fans today. This film shows him at his best.
Governor Tamura
En 1856, Townsend Harris (John Wayne), un diplomático americano, se le encomienda la misión de negociar con el hostil gobierno japonés para establecer relaciones comerciales. Harris tendrá que afrontar todo tipo de amenazas y dificultades y, aunque sucumbirá al embrujo de una hermosa geisha, llevará a cabo su cometido.
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair.
Roar and Earth
Keikichi Shirasu
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to the fact her mother is a mistress, her despair drives her to become a cabaret hostess.
Seki Sekiguchi
Dos hermanas viven con su padre: la más joven ha tenido una aventura y se ha quedado embarazada, la mayor ha abandonado a su marido y se ha refugiado con su hijo en la casa paterna. Cuando, de repente, reaparece su madre, a la que creían muerta, su estupor no tendrá límites. (FILMAFFINITY)
Ichiro Shirasawa
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named Noriko. But Françoise Fabre, a French journalist and Pierre's former lover, contacts him while visiting the Land of the Rising Sun. They meet again, find out their love might not be dead. Meanwhile, Pierre gradually becomes estranged from sweet, humble Noriko. One day, a typhoon strikes Nagasaki...
Katsura Kogoro
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...
Yuji
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
Yutaka Kawai
Un hombre casado de mediana edad, aburrido de la rutina cotidiana tanto en el trabajo como en su matrimonio, tiene una aventura amorosa con la hija de un colega suyo. Cuando su mujer descubre su infidelidad, tanto su vida como la de su familia quedarán completamente trastornadas.
Screenplay
Director
The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome Town. Next day the man is found brutally murdered and the mystery starts to unravel.
Gorô (segment 3)
Daisuke Kaji
Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Sonejiro, good will turns evil, and all happiness is at stake.
An Lushan
Ambientado en la China del siglo VIII. Narra la historia de amor entre el emperador Hsuan Tsung, viudo desde hace algunos años, y una joven plebeya que se parece mucho a su mujer. El Emperador está afligido por la muerte de su esposa. La familia Yang quiere proporcionar al Emperador un consorte para poder consolidar su influencia sobre la corte. El General Un Lushan encuentra una pariente lejana que trabaja en su cocina y la preparan para presentarla al Emperador. El emperador se enamora de ella y se convierte en la princesa Yang Kwei-fei. Los Yang son entonces nombrados ministros importantes, aunque a Lushan no se le da la posición en la corte que él codicia. Los ministros abusan tanto de su poder que hay una revuelta popular contra todos los Yang, alimentados por Un Lushan.
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Jozaburo Araki
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - Nikkatsu
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more.
A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.
Director
A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.
Tsuru, una mujer con problemas mentales, es protegida por Toku y Pinchan, dos hombres que viven en una villa de emergencia, en una zanja al costado de las vías del ferrocarril. La fábrica en la cual trabajaban ha sido cerrada por una huelga, por lo que ambos hombres gastan tiempo y dinero apostando en las carreras de bicicletas. Tsuru trabajaba en una fábrica textil, pero un grupo de jóvenes robó todo el dinero de su indemnización. La particular comunidad de la zanja incluye a Chu, un actor que también está un poco loco, y Hiromi, quien viste siempre un traje elegante y de quien se dice es la amante de un hombre poderoso.
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth and love.
Ogata Shingo
Shuichi, hijo de Shingo, un próspero hombre de negocios de Tokio, vive con sus padres y su esposa Kikuki en una confortable casa. Por las tardes, se queda a menudo en la capital, bebiendo y divirtiéndose con su querida. Kikuko aguarda pacientemente su regreso a altas horas de la noche. Shingo, hombre sabio y de talante moderno, es consciente de los desenfrenos de su hijo y compadece a la solitaria Kikuko. (FILMAFFINITY)
Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. In one, a young woman is degraded by her family after an arranged marriage. Another deals with the troubles heaped upon a young servant by her family and the wealthy people who employ her. The final story tells of a prostitute and her hopes of finding a new, respectable life.
Koichi Hirayama
Una pareja de ancianos viaja a Tokio para visitar a sus hijos, pero ninguno de ellos tiene tiempo para atenderlos, por lo que deciden enviarlos a un balneario. Cuando regresan, la madre pasa una noche en la casa de una nuera, viuda de uno de sus hijos. A diferencia de sus cuñados, Noriko muestra afecto por sus suegros y conforta a la anciana.
Screenplay
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)
Director
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)
Matsuki
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)
Wakabayashi
Ginko será vendida como geisha para que su familia consiga subsistir.
The husband
Yasukichi Sakaza
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going to hold a memorial service for her father. Of course, the detective falls in love with his prey.
A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subordinate skillfully conceals the corruption and joins the corrupt, shady relationship.
Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to her husband and together the couple runs the family farm. Their happy family life comes to an abrupt halt when Soichi's half-brother, Joji returns with his wife Masako after failing in a business.
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
Tomonojo
A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.
Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
Situada poco después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, El almuerzo cuenta las dificultades matrimoniales entre el salaryman Hatsunosuke y su mujer Michiyo. Se centra en la crisis emocional de una ama de casa aburrida. El tedio de su vida doméstica -consumida por la repetición de labores como cocinar y limpiar- aumenta con la visita de la sobrina de su marido, Satoko. Su llegada y la excesiva atención que le presta su marido, provocan el aumento de la infelicidad de Michiyo, forzada a enfrentarse con su futuro
Hirate Miki
After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.
Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Koji Shima. The movie is based on Das doppelte Lottchen, a novel later adapted as The Parent Trap.
Eiji Ono
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.
Yagi
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
kikyou - The Return
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Tateoka
Hamako has just started working for her personal hero, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, though, as she is introduced with a ever-growing list of the Madame’s personal problems.
Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husband
Setsuko se siente desgraciada al lado de su marido, un ingeniero alcohólico y sin trabajo. Ella estuvo siempre enamorada de Hiroshi, aunque nunca llegaron a prometerse, porque él emigró a Francia. Ahora, que ha regresado a Japón, la hermana de Setsuko intenta unirlos de nuevo. El único problema es que ella también está secretamente enamorada de él. (FILMAFFINITY)
The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
Attorney
A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
Directed by Eisuke Takizawa
Kijima
Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
1948 Japanese drama film.
Hôgetsu Shimamura
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.
