Frankie Sakai

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.

寛政時代の江戸。老中・松平定信は町人文化の隆盛に危機感を抱き、厳しい弾圧を加え始めていた。そんな中、役者絵の第一人者・歌麿は、定信が江戸出版界の大物・蔦屋重三郎を標的にしていることに気付き、早々と蔦屋のもとから他の版元にくら替えしてしまう。売れっ子の歌麿に逃げられた蔦屋は彼に代わる絵師を探し始め、やがてけがで引退を余儀なくされた元役者のとんぼこと十郎兵衛に、荒削りながら斬新な才能を見いだすが…。

Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.

Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.

前田家筆頭家老・本多政重（林隆三）は、旧友の明石（夏八木勲）とおしろ（黒木瞳）から、家康に奪われ行方不明になっている「李朝活字」を探す手助けを頼まれる。政重は家臣で富田流兵法の使い手・浮田平四郎（高嶋政宏）と「狐」という忍びを二人の供につける。旅に出た一行を、家康の御遺金探しと勘違いした柳生宗矩（芦田伸介）は、服部半蔵（中島俊一）率いる伊賀忍者に襲わせる……。【ＴＶ長編】(C)松竹

A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".

貧しい農家に生まれた後の葛飾北斎こと鉄蔵は幼いときに幕府御用達の鏡磨師、中島伊勢の養子となり、絵師の弟子として修業を積むも、不行跡で何人もの師から破門を言い渡され、現在は佐七(後の曲亭馬琴)の家に娘のお栄とともに居候中の身。だが定職にも就かず、毎日ぶらぶらしている彼ら父娘に佐七の女房・お百は不満を抱いていた。そんなある日、鉄蔵は不思議な魔性を持つ若い美女、お直と出会い、興味をそそられるのだが…。

An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.

佐木隆三の同名ノンフィクションを、「神々の深き欲望」の今村昌平監督が映画化。5人を殺害し全国を逃走した男の、犯罪を積み重ねた生い立ち、数々の女性遍歴と父との相克を描く。日豊本線築橋駅近くで専売公社のタバコ集金に回っていた柴田種次郎、馬場大八の惨殺死体が発見され、現金41万円余が奪われていた。やがて、かつてタバコ配給に従事した運転手・榎津厳が容疑者として浮かんだ……。

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

舞台は本州四国連絡架橋の一つ、明石－鳴門ルートの起点、明石町。パチンコ屋の主人・青木大作は、架橋工事が再開されるという情報をキャッチして、何はさておき、頭を押えられている女房・波江にご注進に及んだ。波江は、かねてより橋が出来た日に備えて、淡路島の岩屋に一大リゾートホテルの建設を考えていた。波江は早速、淡路島の旅荘兼釣宿「防人荘」の買収工作を大作に命じるが…。

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the paroled Okoma to the police station to greet her, and meets a young new detective, Matsuta Obara, who has just been transferred. But the two don't get along from the moment they meet...

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

刑期を終えて出所した福田清造と加東一郎は、、四十に達しようとする自分達の年齢を考え、まともな仕事につこうと別れることになった。それから一年後、東京港で荷役作業をしている労働者の中に清造がいた。彼は、急病人がでると医者のように手馴れた仕草で病人を治し、小金をためて故郷の緑ケ島へ両親の墓をたてようと帰ってきた。

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day Fukuzo guides Harumi, an old woman, to the Yasukuni Shrine where the souls of fallen soldiers are enshrined. Finding she has no place to go, Fukuzo carries her to his shack by the sea.

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.

専務車掌の並木大作（フランキー堺）は、寿司屋の娘雪子（新珠三千代）に想いを寄せる。大作は暇さえあれば、雪子を口説くが、いつも雪子の母で、未亡人のうめ（笠置シヅ子）に邪魔をされていた。同時に大作の父甚吾は年がいもなく、息子の恋する雪子に惚れていた。「丸新」へ愛の告白に出かけた甚吾ではあったが、話がどう行き違ったのか、うめとの結婚話が成立してしまい...。

Japanese comedy film.

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and cross paths with Professor Sakai's son, a P.E. teacher (also played by Sakai).

Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-established Rokujo family from the beginning. With the support of Jiro, a young man Ine's late husband had saved from homelessness as a young boy, Ine tries to keep the family's heritage of silk processing alive. Their close relationship soon causes gossip among the villagers and threaten Ine's position in the family even further ...

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

全日本理容選手権大会で、段原金作は前年度の優勝者海老名銀子を破って一等に入賞した。立派な腕をもちながら恵まれなかった金作は、これが機会で「タイヨウ理髪店」の主人海老名銀平にスカウトされ、住み込みで働くことになった。

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.

Japanese comedy film.

不忍池近くの老舗のフレンチレストラン青龍軒を飛び出して、とんかつ屋「とんQ」を始めた久作は名人気質の頑固者。師匠だった伝次とは、伝次の妹と結婚したこともあって犬猿の仲。伝次の息子・伸一はコック修行を投げ出して、久作のところに入り浸り、とり子とイチャイチャ。そして、伝次の後妻の連れ子・復二は未来食クロレラの研究に熱中していた。そんな中、青龍軒が経営不振で人手に渡ることに… 個性あふれる人物たちが織りなす、ユーモアとペーソスの大型喜劇。

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.

松林宗恵の映画（１９６２年）

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.

日本の貨物船がロリシカ国の水爆実験場があるインファント島の近くで沈没した事故を取材するため、新聞記者の福田とカメラマンのミチは島へ。そこで福田たちは先住民たちを調査する中条と知り合う。ジャングルで一行は、小美人という身長約30cmの双子の妖精と出会うが、日ロ合同調査隊のロリシカ人ネルソンは後日、島を再訪し、小美人を捕らえて見世物にする。やがて島の守護神である怪獣モスラの幼虫が日本近海に現われ……。

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

太平洋戦争の真っ最中、中国大陸の北支戦線。日本軍からやっかいもの扱いされ危険な前線に駆り出されてばかりの左文字隊は、霧の中で八路軍にばったり遭遇し四方を囲まれてしまう。だが左文字隊長と八路軍の梁隊長は、お互い元気なときに正々堂々と戦おうと平和的に別れた。左文字隊は北原少尉とともに消えた日本軍旗の捜索を命じられるのだったが…。

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

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.

Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. 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. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."

A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.

幕末の混沌とした時代、にぎわいを見せていた品川宿の遊郭旅籠の相模屋にひとりの町人・佐平次が訪れる。女郎のおそめを気に入り豪遊するが、実は佐平次は一文無しだった。その翌朝、佐平次は金がないことを若い衆に打ち明けるが、口八丁でその場に居座ってしまう。そして金を返済するためと相模屋で番頭まがいの仕事を始めた佐平次は、下働きから女郎衆、遊郭に出入りする人々のトラブルを持ち前の度胸と機転で解決してみせ、さらにお礼の金をしっかりためこんでいた。また、相模屋に逗留し攘夷の計画を練る長州藩士の高杉晋作、久坂玄瑞らとも交友を深め、いつしか佐平次は遊郭内で一目置かれる存在になっていく。

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

南部友助は自分の創設した南部産業株式会社の社長を退いたが、老いてもなお血気盛んで、娘たちには恋の狂言廻しをかってでていた。そんな友助をめぐり、様々な出来事が巻き起こる。娘夫婦が友助に内緒で見合いをセッティング。初恋の女性・八重ちゃんとの20年ぶりの再会。果たして友助の青春は甦るのか？

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - Nikkatsu

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.

Japanese musical.