Masatoshi Katō

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident, Keiko learns that she and Yoshiko are actually stepsisters, and that she is the daughter of a murderer. She now plans extortion from Yoshiko's true father who is the president of a well-known trading company.

War drama about army nurses.

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.

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.

Japanese film.

Japanese comedy film.

A 1954 film.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?