Kenichi Nishii

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.

Obscure Masamura film shot in 1961

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

아내가 있으면서도 9명의 여자와 사귀고 있는 TV프로듀서 가제 마츠키치. 그 때문에 여자들 사이에서는 싸움이 끊이지 않는데, 결국 여자들의 공모에 의해 가제는 사살당한다. 그러나 이는 가제와 그의 아내가 꾸민 연극이었는데...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her.

Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is Rentaro is not amused. Just afterwards she notices that he is reading a magazine which carries her picture which he crushes and throws under his seat. One of her customers in Tokyo is a pretty girl named Kana for whom she had designed a dress which at first seems quite satisfactory. But a few days later Kana brings it back. It seems her brother thinks it terrible. But when Kana brings the dress back she meets Aya's brother, Takeshi, with whom she becomes friendly and Takeshi gives her a new dress which he smuggles out of his sister's office. When Aya finds Kana's discarded dress and misses one belonging to another customer she goes to see Kana's brother, and to her surprise finds him to be the fellow whose foot she'd stepped upon in the train...

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon

식모살이를 하던 큰딸 몽이 임신을 하고 돌아오자, 아버지는 크게 언짢아 한다. 오빠 이노키치까지 홀몸이 아닌 그녀를 심하게 구박하자, 이를 견디지 못한 몽은 집을 나간다. 한편, 언니의 도움으로 간호학교에 다니던 상은 애인과의 결혼을 서두르지만 마음대로 되지 않는다.

관광버스 안내원을 하는 키요코의 가족은 도쿄의 서민 동네에 살고 있다. 오빠와 두 언니, 그리고 막내 키요코의 4형제는 모두 아버지가 달라서인지 다툼이 그치질 않는다. 지긋지긋하게 싸우는 가족들의 모습에 질린 키요코는 집을 나와 하숙을 시작하게 된다. 나루세 미키오 감독이 다이에이 영화사에서 찍은 최초의 영화로 익숙하지 않은 환경에서의 촬영이었으나, 가족들이 각자의 마음을 숨긴 채 소바를 먹는 장면은 나루세 미키오 특유의 시선극을 잘 보여준다. 20세기 중반 일본 영화의 황금기를 이끌었던 거장 나루세 미키오의 대표작