Akira Mimura

Two mercenaries are hired to commit a political assassination.

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickly dashed as her father, having married into a wealthy family, wants nothing to do with her. Will Kimie be able to regain her father’s love?

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

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.

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance dispute. Warned by a fortune-teller that he would die by the sword, the young lord must courageously battle 30 or 40 men who attack without warning. Meanwhile, his love affair with Kocho (Hibari Misora), a singer who is also a skilled archer. This film features brilliant performances from some of Toei Studios most popular actors and actresses. The combination of mega-stars like Kinnosuke Nakamura and Hibari Misora, coupled with outstanding support from Kinnosuke's talented brother Katsuo Nakamura and stalwart elder statesman Ryunosuke Tsukigata makes for a winning formula. Can his swordsmanship save the day?

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

In June 1941, Captain Kagawa (Ryutaro Tatsumi), who had just graduated from the military academy, was assigned as the captain of a sentry patrol in Beiman, which was located on the opposite side of the Heilongjiang River from the Semidomka region of the Soviet Union. His predecessor, Lieutenant Kishi (Kawamura Kenichiro), a mild-mannered middle-aged man, had earned the trust of his men and the villagers by relaxing his military duties. However, newly appointed Lieutenant Kagawa thinks that Kishi's way of doing things is sloppy and begins to train the soldiers furiously in order to teach them a lesson.

不治の病と烙印を押され、生涯の望みを断たれてからというもの死と逸楽にのみ身をゆだね、野良犬のように世を渡り歩く哀れな素浪人・平手造酒。酒、女、恐喝。情け容赦ない冷酷漢・平手造酒だったが、とある旅籠屋で見識りとなったお吟の存在が、再び生きることへの執着を持たせた。

In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and tries to recreate the world he knew then.

Japanese drama film.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.

会田時彦は化粧製造販売会社の女社長小村女史に多くの就職希望者の中から採用された。復員者の彼は一番待っていてくれる愛子の所へ報らせたが、何故か彼女は喜ばなかった。愛子には会田時彦と愛を誓ってはみたものの、彼の留守中に彼女の心はみたされず、別の愛人が出来てしまったのである。時彦はこれを知って彼等達の幸福を願って身を引いたが、自分のためには幸福ではなかった。毎晩カフェーを飲み歩き、満足に会社にも出勤しなかった。またカフェーの百合、君子達は時彦をお互いに独占しようとしたが、時彦は相手にはしなかった。丁度その頃、小村社長の姪にあたる、小村輝美が化粧品の製造部に勤務していた。彼女は何くれとなく時彦をなぐさめてくれる。承知しないのが百合、君子達である。しかし輝美も彼女達と協定を結んで彼を独占しなかった。だがいつの間にか仕事を毎日一緒にしていると、友情はやがて愛情に変わり、愛情が真の恋愛に進んでいた。小村女社長は彼を採用した時から、「出雲の神様」であった。もちろん、百合、君子達も反対はしなかった。二人が結ばれたことは皆の幸福でもあった。

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.

A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the Pacific War. The film has scenes featuring Ki-43 fighters escorting Ki-21 bombers to attack Rangoon, where they are attacked by P-40 Warhawk and Brewster Buffalo fighters.

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

Second part of the Comedy-Musical about the legendary Monkey King.

Comedy-Musical about the legendary Monkey King.

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister behind. While running from both the authorities and the assassins, Sentarô meets with the beautiful travelling-actress Oshima who takes him under her protection.

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series known as "Chinese Continental Friendship" made by the occupying Japanese in China.

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable daughter to a suitor she doesn't love.

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

江戸の貧乏長屋で浪人の首吊りが発生、役人が調べに来る。長屋の住人である髪結いの新三は、長屋の連中で浪人の為にお通夜をしてやろうと言い、大家を説き伏せて酒をせしめる。お通夜が行われるが、長屋の連中は酒がただで飲めると喜び陽気な馬鹿騒ぎを行う。山中貞雄監督の遺作。

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.