Pinku from 1969.
Pinku from 1969.
Pinku from 1969.
A story of a wild girl, Minako Shima (Mari Ibuki), who finds a peck o f trouble when she gets involved with a lowlevel yakuza toughguy.
A gynecologist attempts to rid the world of sexual problems by separating sex on the one hand and reproduction, which he feels should be left to artificial wombs.
A high school student preparing for his university entrance exams is discontent with various social inequities and is determined to take vengeance on all adults.
Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
仏教系の大学に通う清水四郎は、恩師の矢島教授の下で彼の一人娘の幸子と婚約していたが、謎めいた笑みを浮かべる同窓の田村がしつこくつきまとってくるため、彼の誘惑から逃れようとして逆に次々と罪を重ねていく。まもなく、幸子を自動車事故で亡くしてしまった四郎は実家へ戻るが、そこに住む画家の谷口円斎の娘で幸子にそっくりなサチ子と恋に落ちる。しかし、田村に加えて四郎に轢き逃げされたヤクザの志賀恭一の情婦が復讐しようと後を追ってきたため、四郎は吊り橋でもみ合っているうちに2人を殺害してしまう。
その晩、四郎の父の剛造が経営する老人ホーム「天上園」の創立十周年記念パーティーでは集団食中毒が発生し、入所老人たちが全員死亡。更に復讐にやってきた志賀の母が酒に毒を盛ったことで、四郎も剛造もすべての人間が悶死する。死の間際、地獄へ落ちる幻想を見た四郎は、そこで会った幸子の霊から彼女が四郎の子を身ごもっていたことや、その子も水子になって地獄へ落ちていることを告げられる。四郎は我が子を見つけるべく、八大地獄の修羅場をさまようのだった。
Interpreter Okumura
Japanese war film.
Presiding judge
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.
三原葉子のセクシーシーンが話題となった猟奇活劇。岩手県北上川上流の白山村。ここで十年に一度行われる"火づくり祭り"には、秘密があった。祭りのたびに、名高い"舞草の名刀"を生娘の生き血を用いて鍛えていたのだ。
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
Section Chief Yoshino
軍の機密文書が何者かに盗まれた。波島はそれを田沢の仕業であると断定、田沢は無実にも関わらず自白を強要された末射殺される。だが全ては田沢の妻に目を付けた波島の謀略であった。田沢は亡霊となって甦り、その怨念に悩まされた波島は破滅の道を歩んでいく。
Early pinku.
Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.
1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Japanese mystery film.
Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.
Commander Arima
Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Japanese comedy film.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Japanese film about motorcycle racing.
Japanese war film.
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Japanese drama film.
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
