Junko Ikeuchi

The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant.

A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods.

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.

Comedy-drama about university tennis players.

Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time again in the bloody tale.

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

#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).

"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.

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.

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.

Ensemble comedy.

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

아코낭인 사건 이라고도 하는 이 사건은 도쿠가와 막부의 제 5대 쇼군 도쿠가와 쓰나요시가 집권하고 있던 1701년 에도성에서 일어났다. 칙사 접대를 담당한 아코성의 성주 아사노 다쿠미노카미가 의전 담당인 기라 고즈케노스케를 칼로 쳤으나 미처 죽이지 못하였지만, 그날로 할복을 하고, 가옥과 성이 몰수된다. 도쿠가와 막부의 조치에 불만을 지닌 아코성 가신인 오이시 구라노스케 이하 낭인 46, 총 47명이 그 다음해 12월에 기라의 저택을 급습하여 그를 죽인 후, 그 목을 아사노가 묻혀있는 센가쿠지(泉岳寺)로 들고가 복수를 완성하고, 1703년 3월 도쿠가와 막부의 결정에 따라 46명 할복했던 실제 사건을 그린 영화이다.

Tobe is a small-time crook who runs a prostitution business of blonde girls, as well as sells pornographic pictures. He frequents a cafe run by two women, one of them a young widow with a son. They like him and think that he is an ordinary office worker. One day, Tobe accidentally discovers pictures of an acquaintance, Kanzaburo, with a woman and sets out to blackmail him. He soon finds out that Kanzaburo died in a train accident but things may not be what they seem

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kôshoku".

It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. Fate places them together, and they start to investigate the prostitution ring run by the organization...

Japanese comedy film.

Shintoho studio boss Mitsugu Okura was furious that actress Junko Ikeuchi had married against his wishes. In an act of revenge that could have come out of one of his movies, he cast her against the girl-next-door persona she had established to play a dancer who survives a great fall only to become a disfigured beast.

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.

Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.

1959 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

요츠야 괴담을 다룬 기존의 영화와는 달리 나카가와는 사랑과 성공을 갈망하는 인간의 고뇌에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 오이와와 결혼을 원하는 무일푼의 사라무라이 이에몽은 그녀의 아버지가 결혼을 반대하자 오이와의 아버지를 살해하고 그녀와 결혼한다. 하지만 그의 가난이 더 이상 나아지지 않자 이번엔 부유한 가문의 딸 우메와 결혼하기 위해 오이와를 독살시킨다. 억울한 죽음을 맞은 오이와의 영혼이 귀신이 되어 이에몽을 따라다니자 악몽에 시달리던 그는 점점 미쳐간다. 영화제 소개글. 일본 영화사에서 괴담 영화의 최고봉으로 꼽히는 나카가와 노부오의 걸작으로 츠루야 난보쿠의 “요츠야 괴담”을 영화화한 기존의 많은 영화들과는 달리 감독은 사랑과 성공을 갈망하는 인간의 고뇌에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 은 미술, 조명 그리고 촬영 기법에서 나카가와의 중요한 미학적 기준이 되는 영화이자 연출의 독창성을 보여주는 영화이다. 절에서 이에몽이 나오스케를 칼로 살해할 때 타다미가 늪으로 변하는 장면에서 볼 수 있듯이 일본 전형적인 아름다움에 실험적인 시도를 곁들여 틀에 밖이지 않은 방식으로 주인공들의 심리를 그려낸다. 오프닝 시퀀스의 롱테이크와 불꽃 이미지에서 그만의 강렬한 스토리텔링의 특징을 볼 수 있다. 아마치와 와카스기의 현실감 있는 연기는 인간의 고통과 비애를 그리기에 손색이 없다. 오이와와 결혼을 원하는 무일푼의 사라무라이 이에몽은 그녀의 아버지가 결혼을 반대하자 오이와의 아버지를 살해하고 그녀와 결혼한다. 하지만 그의 가난이 더 이상 나아지지 않자 이번엔 부유한 가문의 딸 우메와 결혼하기 위해 오이와를 독살시킨다. 억울한 죽음을 맞은 오이와의 영혼이 귀신이 되어 이에몽을 따라다니자 악몽에 시달리던 그는 점점 미쳐간다. (도쿄 필름엑스 카탈로그)

Japanese comedy film.

20년 전 홀연히 사라진 미와코는 20년 전 그대로의 모습으로 갑자기 집으로 돌아온다. 미와코의 딸 이토코는 한 미술 전시회에서 자신의 엄마와 닮은 여자의 누드 사진을 보게 된다. 이토코와 신문 기자인 그녀의 약혼자 타미오는 진실을 파헤치기 위해 나선다.

Japanese comedy film.

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)

Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese romance film.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Japanese film.

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.

Japanese film.