Yōko Kozono

First film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.

A young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a destructive obsession with the family gardener.

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and attempt to bring together the parents of a baby who have separated.

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

Motomu Ida movie

A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.

약점잡힌 은행간부가 자기 은행을 터는 과정도 재미있지만, 협박범의 배후가 누구인지 드러나는 과정도 흥미진진하고 서로의 인성 밑바닥까지 드러내보이는 후반부의 구성도 좋다. 은행털이가 돈이 목적이 아니라 사적인 복수가 목적인 것, 은행은 털지만 실제로 없어진 돈이 없다는 점도 참 명민한 시나리오.

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.

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 woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

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

Japanese comedy film.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

여행 중 인신매매범의 손에 걸려 모친과 헤어지게 된 주시오와 안주의 오누이는 호족 산쇼다유에게 팔리게 된다. 노예나 다름없게 된 이 두 사람은 중노동에 시달리면서도 모친과의 재회를 꿈꾸며 하루하루를 보낸다. 그로부터 십년 후 여전히 산쇼다유의 수용소에 갇혀있는 이들은 어느 날 새로 들어온 젊은 여인이 부르는 노래에 자신들의 이름이 들어있는 것을 알고는 깜짝 놀란다. 인신매매가 횡행하는 헤이안 시대를 배경으로 부모 자식 간의 애정 그리고 인신매매 등의 인권 문제를 그리고 있는 작품으로, 단순한 이슈로서의 사회성을 인간 조건의 비극성에까지 끌고 간 걸작이다.

A young woman becomes president of a business.

다케오는 사치스러운 생활을 즐긴다. 반면 남편 모키치는 성실하고 돈을 쓸 줄 모르는데다가 직장과 집을 오가는 생활에만 익숙한 일벌레다. 다케오는 그런 남편이 답답해 매번 무시하기 일쑤다. 어느 날 다케오와 모키치는 크게 다투게 되고 그 일로 다케오는 친정집으로 향한다. 그 사이 남편은 우루과이로 출장을 떠나고 다케오는 모키치를 그리워한다.

The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.