TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV Asahi in 1978 and released theatrically by Office Henmi in 1988.
Bessho
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
弘前中央署に、札幌署から堂垣内と佐藤の二人の刑事が訪ねて来た。彼らの依頼は、二年前札幌でおきた現金輸送車襲撃事件の証拠として残されたりんごの種の品種分析である。早速、片山刑事が二人をりんご試験場に案内したが、りんごの種から品種分析することは不可能であった。失意の二人を誘って入った喫茶店は、片山が今朝出会った少年たけしの母親・澄江の店であった。
Instructor
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.
Otani
In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the son, shocked to find out his real father is the brother-in-law, sets out to do something. The downfall of a mother and her child starts there...
Kokichi Suzuki
After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder.
Horii
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
National Land Agency Director
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Kosuke Ijichi
日露戦争における激戦地・二百三高地での帝国陸軍の戦いを描いた歴史スペクタクル。
Gensuke
Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko.
山口県の萩にある旧家の唐沢家には、麗子、紀子、恵子の美人三姉妹がいた。ある日、ボブという青年がアメリカから日本文化を研究するために来日、唐沢家に滞在することに。次女の紀子には婚約者の藤村がいたのだが、彼は3年前に忽然と姿を消してしまった。ボブの研究は、三女の恵子が手伝うことになる。そんな中、藤村が突然戻ってきて、紀子たちは結婚することに。ところが、紀子が藤村の本に挟まれていた3通の封筒を発見した様子を、ボブと恵子は見てしまう。手紙は、藤村の妹・智子に宛てられたものであったのだが…。
国営放送の報道部員・南は、京都で開催された国際科学者会議でUFOの実在を訴えた直後に失踪した兵藤博士の行方を追ううちに、世界各地にUFOが頻繁に現われ、それと遭遇した人間の血が青く変質する事実を知る。南はその事実を報道しようとするが、放送局に政府の圧力がかかって頓挫せざるを得なった上に左遷させられる。青い血の人間が世界中で急激に増加する事実を各国の政府が隠匿する裏には、異星人への疑いに不安を膨れ上がらせた主要国指導部による陰惨極まりない謀略が隠されていた。世界規模で人権の一切を否定された青い血の人々に降りかかる惨劇の数々。そしてそれは悲劇への道でもあった。
Satomi
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
Seizô
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
東京で暮らしている青年・寺田辰弥は、自分を探していた母方の祖父・井川丑松が目の前で変死したことを機に、生まれ故郷の八つ墓村を訪れる。そこは戦国時代、村人たちによって8人の落ち武者が惨殺されたという忌まわしい歴史をもつ土地だった。帰郷した辰弥の周りでは次々と奇怪な殺人事件が起こり…。 横溝正史の同名ミステリー小説を、巨匠・野村芳太郎監督が映画化。渥美清演じる名探偵・金田一耕助が事件の謎を解き明かす。
Village head Araki
友が託した鬼頭千万太の遺書を携え、金田一耕助は”獄門島”に降り立った。三人の義妹の行く末を案じながら死んだ鬼頭千万太の通夜の日に、第一の事件は起こった。末娘・花子が梅の古木に逆さ吊りにされ殺されていたのだ。続いて二番目の妹・雪枝が、寺の鐘の中で死体となって発見される。そして遂には……長女・月代までもが残酷な死に様を残した。いったい誰が、何のために？ この猟奇的な事件を追う金田一は、千万太の父、嘉右衛門の残した三つの俳句の謎につきあたる。この見立て連続殺人の意味するところは──。そして、真犯人は？https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/371320
『人間革命』の続編。創価学会を設立した戸田城聖のその後を描く。一人の人間における偉大な人間革命は、やがて一国の宿命の転換をも成し遂げ、さらに全人類の宿命の転換をも可能にする。
Toyoshima
仕事一筋だった一鬼建設社長の一鬼太治平は、初めて仕事を離れヨーロッパの周遊旅行に出る。途中、一鬼は体の異変に気づき、医者に診てもらう。数日後、判明した結果は癌だった。しかも、あと一年の命だった…。
A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
A youthful film depicting the sexual awakening of a boy who has just entered adolescence and his heartbreaking romance during the summer holidays with a young sprightly girl.
Search Chief Clerk
ある日、国鉄蒲田操車場構内で扼殺死体が発見された。被害者の身許が分らず、捜査は難航した。が、事件を担当した今西、吉村の両刑事の執念の捜査がやがて、ひとりの著名な音楽家・和賀英良を浮かび上がらせる…。
Onimaru
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono.
Prisoner official
17世紀の長崎。キリシタン弾圧が激化する中、2人のポルトガル人宣教師が秘かに来日する。
20年前に渡来した恩師の行方を捜すためである。
キチジローに案内され隠れキリシタンの村にかくまわれるが、金のため役人に密告されてしまう…。
Kitagawa
Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.
Yoshitaro Araki
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira. Remake of Hakuôki AKA Samurai Vendetta (1959).
Chief of Staff Ugaki
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.
日中戦争が激化した昭和15年。日本から中国本土に派遣された密使の一行が上海の地で襲われ、全員が命を落としてしまった。中野学校出身のスパイ、椎名次郎は上海に向かい、事件を起こしたと思われる組織の足取りを追う。やがて日中の和平を望まないスパイ団の存在が浮上するが、日本の第2の密使の一行が乗った飛行機が不時着する非常事態が発生。次郎と同僚の杉本は救助に向かうが、そこで激しい戦いに巻き込まれてしまう。
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the incident, but the victim's mother discovers the identity of the driver. After she secures a job in the home of the company president and his philandering spouse, the woman plans to murder the couple's son when he reaches the age of her late son.
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.
"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
Tamai
1943年5月、北太平洋上のアッツ島で、米軍の猛攻に遭った日本軍が玉砕。同じアリューシャン列島にあるキスカ島の守備隊員約5200名は、これによって孤立。大本営の海軍部では、彼らを見殺しにするのもやむなし、との意見が大勢を占める中、司令長官の川島中将は、彼らを何としてでも救えと、大村少将に隠密の撤退作戦を任命。大村少将は、濃霧をついて敵の包囲をかいくぐり、キスカ島に艦隊を接近させる機会をうかがう。
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan, and while the swords of some angry samurai may not cause Kyoshiro much trouble, the deadly wiles of two women may be more difficult to survive!
有馬頼義の原作『貴三郎一代』を、菊島隆三が脚色し増村保造が監督した娯楽映画。本作のヒットによりシリーズ化され、全部で9作が製作された。勝新太郎演じる破天荒な主人公と、田村高廣演じるインテリ上官のコンビが大活躍する。
Keijiro Sumita
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
柴田錬三郎の原作を「眠狂四郎円月斬り」の星川清司が脚色「座頭市あばれ凧」の池広一夫が監督した眠狂四郎シリーズ四作目。撮影もコンビの竹村康和。
狂四郎は隠れキリシタンの飾り職人・鳥蔵から志摩を守ってほしいと頼まれる。
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
江戸時代史の謎である甲府宰相怪死事件の真相をえぐる、スリルと興奮に満ちたサスペンス時代劇。四代将軍・家綱の世、大老・酒井忠清は甲府宰相・綱重を五代将軍に推すことによって政道をわがものにしようと企んでいた。この陰謀を破壊せんと軍学者・山鹿素行の下に結束した、十人の暗殺者の凄絶な争いを描く。
Seiichiro Kokubun
Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. Kagawa wants to understand Kokubu, but being arrogant and flashy, has a hard time connecting with Kokubu.
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent story with expert fighting. Sena Denemon is the rarest of government officials, a man of integrity, sent on a mission to uncover the corruption that ran rampant during the Edo Period. Refusing bribes, and willing to put his life on the line to raise his son properly, heinfuriates the corrupt Inspectors; thus endangering his own life. Along with his two trusted vassals, he makes a brave effort to alert the Shogun to the plot which is being carried out. After the battle, his son Ichitaro joins the Chichibu ninja group in order to master fighting so he, too, can fight the forces which have brought about so much suffering.
Мицунари из рода Фудзивара
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).
The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consumated....
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly anymore, Tasuke closes the shop and goes on a trip to celebrate the first wedding anniversary with his wife Onaka. Staying at the inn, Tasuke sees that dishes from magnificent sea bream are served here, which is very cheap. Tasuke goes to a fishing village and finds out here that a rich merchant is stopping the shipment of fish...
Japanese drama.
Jinai Chijiiwa
彦根藩井伊家の上屋敷に津雲半四郎と名乗る浪人が現れ「切腹のためお庭拝借」と申し出た。生活に困窮した浪人が「切腹する」と言っては、庭や玄関を汚されたくない人々から金品を巻き上げることが流行っており、家老の斎藤勘解由は数ヶ月前にやってきた千々岩求女という浪人の話を始めた。家老が切腹の場を設けてやると言い出すと、求女は狼狽したあげく、竹光で腹を切った上に舌を噛んで絶命した、と。話を聞いた半四郎は、求女は自分の娘婿であることを告げた。
Giichirô Ikebe
The son of an executioner and the assassin he loved yet murdered learns of his origins, leaving his foster parents to avenge his mother's death.
Yasuda
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek revenge only to fall in love with the daughter of the man who framed him.
Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with one way or another. When spearmaster, Fuwa Mondo, a Ronin and all around happy guy stumbles into the plot, things get a little hokey-pokey.
Shôten
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!
A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.
Yukichi Akutsu
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
Yamada
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.
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…。
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Missile Tatsu
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
暗黒の夜空に広がる断末魔の絶叫！顔を見られたスリは、時々恐ろしい殺人凶行に出るものである。無残に横たわる惨殺死体をめぐって、警視庁捜査陣は俄然色めき立ち、悲嘆にくれる被害者の妻子の身辺はもちろん、現場付近の聞き込みに万全を期すとともに、草の根を分けて現場の検証に乗り出した。その結果、被害者のものと思われる血糊のついた財布を発見。さらには女物の財布やイヤリングなどが見つかる。女物の財布は男娼が以前掏られたものと判明、男娼の証言で胡麻塩頭のスリの存在が浮かび上がってきた。だが翌日、胡麻塩頭の男は轢死体となって発見された―。
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Military Commander #3
シェイクスピアの『マクベス』を日本の戦国時代に置き換え様式美に拘り描いた戦国武将の一大悲劇。鷲津武時は謀反を起こした敵を討ち、その帰途の森で出会った老婆から不思議な予言を聞く。やがて予言通り事が運び始めると、欲望に取り憑かれた妻にそそのかされて主を殺し、自ら城主の地位につくのだったが……。
With one of the busiest film industries in the world, Japan was able to submit several films into competition at the 1957 Berlin Film Festival. One of the best of these was Arashi, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki of Rickshaw Man fame. Anticipating Hollywood's Table for Five by nearly a quarter of a century, the film concerns the efforts by a recently widowed high-school teacher to raise his four children alone. Chihu Ryu is terrific as the central character, while Izumi Yukimura is even better as Ryu's eldest daughter. For reasons unknown, Arashi is often omitted from "official" lists of Inagaki's films.
Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never heard of. The lawyers haven't located Shunsaku yet, allowing Otone to think about whether she accepts the conditions of the will. One month later after, Takato Shunsaku is found. Murdered. At the birthday party of Otone's uncle. With Shunsaku dead and thus making it impossible for Otone to marry him, the inheritence is to split amongst all (living) family members. And yes, as always, that means that the potential successors get killed off one by one. But Kosuke Kindaichi is on the trail...
(uncredited)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
Gorobei Katayama
麦の刈入れが終わる頃。とある農村では野武士たちの襲来を前に恐怖におののいていた。百姓だけで闘っても勝ち目はないが、麦を盗られれば飢え死にしてしまう。百姓たちは野盗から村を守るため侍を雇うことを決断する。やがて、百姓たちは食べるのもままならない浪人たち7人を見つけ出し、彼らとともに野武士に対抗すべく立ち上がる……。
Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he does not think to study, but strives for material well-being alone. To make a career, he ruthlessly pushes his colleagues with his elbows. For him, the high ideals of trade union activists Jiro and Saburo are an example of old-fashioned thinking, naive behavior.
