Aiko Mimasu

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.

A story about being scared of getting old.

Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawada and his spunky sister Tomoko. The boys also find part time night jobs as roving minstrels in the club district courtesy of benevolent gang boss Asakawa. Of course, they run afoul of boss Karasawa's cruel gang. Karasawa also has it in for Asakawa, and this indirectly throws a spanner into the works as far as Isamu's burgeoning success as a kickboxer. When Asakawa 's HQ is burned to the ground by Karasawa's men, Asakawa tries to kill Karasawa - which, of course, leads to his own gruesome death. Isamu goes on the rampage with his sword, wiping out Karasawa and men.

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he met Torajiro, a master of kendo, who had just left prison after slashing his adoptive father who stole his son's wife. Torajiro was on his way to his brother-in-law, Iwai. While talking about themselves, they someday felt something similar to friendship.

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating story. Despite his humble birth, the orphan Sasaki Kojiro (Onoe Kikunosuke) is determined to become the foremost swordsman in all Japan, a title that traditionally belongs to a nobleman. At fencing school, young Kojiro receives the contempt of his classmates because of his superior swordsmanship. When rumors of the upcoming civil war between Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans spread, Kojiro leaves the school and sets out, seizing every opportunity to realize his dream.

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night She sees her future as an entertainer, not a prostitute, & she expects a happy marriage with a medical student, Yasuke (Katsuo Nakamura), a sweet fellow she deeply loves. but things started to getting worse for Tamiko and she's forced to become the mistress of the disgusting Tsukada (Seiji Miyaguchi).

전쟁 중에 남편을 잃은 레이코는 조그만 가게를 꾸리며 20년 가까이 늙은 시어머니를 비롯한 시댁 식구들을 돌보고 있다. 시동생 코지는 가게를 크게 키우고 그동안 고생한 레이코에게도 보답하고 싶지만 시누이들은 레이코가 집에서 떠나주길 바란다. 한편, 코지는 레이코에게 순수한 사랑을 고백하는데, 놀라면서도 마음이 흔들린 레이코는 집을 나가기로 한다.

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself "already dead."

딸이자 아내이자 엄마로 살아가야 하는 여성의 삶을 그린 영화. 장남 유이치로는 어머니와 동생들, 그리고 자식들을 보살펴야 한다는 책임감에 어깨가 무겁다. 그리고 이 책임은 유이치로의 아내인 가즈코에게 더욱 무겁게 다가온다.

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

선거 위반으로 구속된 아버지를 찾아간 구치소에서 긴이치는 아키코와 알게 된다. 아키코의 아버지는 아픈 어머니를 입원시키기 위해 나쁜 짓을 하다 잡혔던 것이다. 긴이치는 오토바이에 아키코를 태우고 해안으로 간다. 수영복을 입은 아키코의 성숙한 모습에 긴이치는 충격을 받아 넘치는 에너지를 짜버리듯 놀이에 흥겨워 하지만, 그러던 중 3년 전에 가출한 엄마랑 우연히 만나게 된다. 아버지의 보석금으로 10만엔을 빌려 줄 것을 부탁하지만, 그 자신을 담보로 하지 않으면 돈은 빌려줄 수 없다고 거절 당한다. 한 편 아키코는 엄마의 입원비 뿐만 아니라 아버지의 보석금도 마련하지 않으면 안된다. 누드 모델만은 하고 싶지 않은 아키코는 그만 몸을 팔 결심을 하고 긴이치에게 헤어지자고 말한다. 긴이치는 그 때 몸을 빼앗길뻔한 상태에서 아키코를 구하고 엄마한테 빌린 돈 10만엔을 그녀의 손에 쥐어준다. '받을 이유가 없다'고 거절하는 아키코에게 긴이치는 격정적인 입맞춤을 한다. 상처 입은 아키코를 안고 긴이치는 처음으로 솔직하게 아키코에게 사랑을 이야기 한다.

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

정부에서 매춘을 금지하자는 논의가 벌어지고 있을 무렵, 도쿄 공창가의 유곽 ‘꿈의 마을’에서는 다섯 명의 매춘부들이 각자 사연을 안고 살아간다. 하나에는 있으나 마나 한 남편과 하나뿐인 아이를 돌보고, 과부인 유메코 역시 홀로 아들을 건사한다. 요리에는 구혼하는 남자 때문에 고민이고, 야스미는 빚을 갚기 위해 착실히 돈을 모은다. 미키는 앞일 따위는 걱정하지 않는데, 어느 날, 고베에서 아버지가 찾아온다. 각양각색의 사연을 가진 매춘부들의 삶을 통해 현대 사회와 여성들의 모습을 생생하게 그려낸 미조구치의 유작이다. (2016 영화의 전당 - 미조구치 겐지 60주기 특별전) 남자들이 하룻밤의 쾌락을 찾아서 출입하는 환락가. 겉으로 그럴듯해 보이는 이 세계는 실은 하루하루의 절박한 삶을 살아가는 작부들의 애환이 서려있다. 살롱 ‘꿈의 고향’에는 이재에 밝은 야스미, 가출 소녀 출신의 미키, 실업자인 남편을 먹여 살리는 하나에 등 여러 여인네들이 남자들을 끌어들이기 위해 애쓴다. 하지만 마침 ‘매춘금지법안’이 국회에 제출되면서 이 거리에도 여러 가지 파문이 일어난다. 자신들의 생계가 위험해질 가능성이 커짐에 따라 그녀들은 자신의 삶에 대해 다시 생각하게 된다. 절박한 상황에 놓인 작부들의 모습을 호화로운 캐스팅으로 그려낸 미조구치 여성 영화의 최고봉이라 할 만한 작품으로 그의 유작이 되었다. 이 영화가 제작될 당시 실제로 ‘매춘금지법’이 일본에서 제출되어 1956년 5월에 가결되었다. 그 시사성 때문에 개봉 당시 대히트를 기록했다. (2010 일본영화거장전 - 미조구치 겐지)

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Feature film.

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.

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.