Kisao Tobita

凶悪な宇宙海賊ザノンが地球に標的を定めた。地球人にまぎれて生活していたキララたち宇宙から来た3人のスーパーウーマンがこの危機に立ち上がるが、平和を愛する彼女たちは武器を持たず、宇宙人の姿に戻るとザノンに察知されてしまう。ザノンの女性工作員ギルゲがギャオスをはじめ怪獣たちを次々と地球へ送り込む中、キララたちは友人の少年・圭一から正義の怪獣ガメラの存在を聞き、テレパシーでガメラに助けを求める。

Erotic drama.

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...

渥美マリの「軟体動物シリーズ」の第3作。母の手ひとつで純粋に育てられた由美は、ある日母の愛人に犯され、逆上した母は由美の目の前でその男を殺害する。その後、由美は母の勤めていた場末のバーで働き始め、その小悪魔的魅力で男を惑わすようになる。そして、銀座の高級クラブのマネージャーと知り合い、その社長の愛人になるのだが…。

15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

昭和14年、中国大陸。従軍看護師の西は、赴任先でいきなり患者に暴行されるという手荒な洗礼を受ける。2カ月後、前線に送られた彼女は、兵士たちが運ばれるそばから手足を切り取られるというこの世の地獄を目の当たりにする。そこでは感情を捨て、機械のようになるしか正気を保つすべがなかった。そんな時、西は患者の中にかつて自分を暴行した男を見つける。葛藤の末、彼女は男を救おうと上官である岡部軍医に相談するが…。

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

食品会社社長殺害事件を担当した若い検事。集団偽証や老悪徳弁護士を相手に、正義と真実を求めて闘う姿を描くサスペンス。

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

旅回りの駒十郎一座の乗った船が港に着いた。駒十郎は一膳飯屋にお芳を訪ね、その昔二人がもうけた清も今では郵便局に勤めていると知って安心する。清には駒十郎はお芳の兄ということになっていた。駒十郎の連れ合いのすみ子は、清のことを不審に思い加代に清を誘惑してくれるよう頼む。加代と清は恋仲になり、それを知った駒十郎は加代とすみ子を激しく叱りつける。客入りの悪くなった一座は解散することになり、駒十郎と清は加代を巡って対立する。お芳は清に駒十郎が実の父親だと打ち明けるが、清は許さず、駒十郎は気が抜けたように立ち去る。駅に行くとすみ子が待っていて、二人は車中の人となるのだった。

大岡昇平の同名小説を、和田夏十が脚色し市川崑が監督した反戦映画。病院にも部隊にも見放された田村は、フィリピン戦線のレイテ島をさまよっていた。同じように敗走している仲間と病院の前で合流するが、その病院が砲撃を受けたため、田村は一人で逃げ出す。食べるものもなく、仲間を失った田村は、草を食べて生き延びていた。やがて生き別れたかつての仲間である永松と安田と再会。二人は殺した味方の兵士を“猿”と称し、その肉を食べていた…。

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)

開高健の同盟原作小説を、増村保造が映画化した社会派ドラマ。キャラメルを主力商品とするワールド製菓株式会社では、売上の頭打ちに悩んでいた。重役たちはその原因を宣伝効果の不足にあると決め付け、同業他社に抜きん出た宣伝活動を宣伝部に求めた。野心に燃える宣伝課課長の合田（高松英郎）は子供の興味の傾向に注目した豪華景品を企画する。一方、無名の少女・京子（野添ひとみ）をマスコミ人脈を使って有名人にまつりあげたのち商品のイメージキャラクターとしてデビューさせる。京子は宣伝部員・西（川口浩）らの手によってスターダムにのし上って行くのだが…。

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole company is in an uproar.

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

前線の野戦病院で次々と運ばれてくる負傷兵を必死に治療する軍医・藤崎。彼はふとした不注意から手術中に小指にキズをつくってしまい、そこから梅毒に感染してしまう。藤崎は誰にも打ち明けることなく、秘かにサルバルサンの注射を打ち続けるが大した効果はなかった。復員後、藤崎は恋人の美佐緒にも病気を隠し続け、次第に彼女を避けるようになるのだった……

Based on the short story The Psychological Test by Edogawa Rampo.

Family of Love

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.