Setsuko Wakayama

The altered American release of Godzilla Raids Again. Originally meant to be known as the The Volcano Monsters, the film was eventually released as "Gigantis."

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film released in Tohoscope.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when she accepts a job at a local inn.

1955년에 개봉된 고지라 시리즈의 두번째 작품. 1954년에 개봉한 고지라가 대히트를 치게 되자 당연히 후속작에 대한 이야기가 나오게 되었다. 그러던중 칸사이의 스폰서가 강력하게 요구한 탓으로 두번째 작품의 배경은 오사카로 옮겨가게 되었다. 무려 3개월 만에(!) 뚝딱 해치운 이 영화는 츠부라야 에이지가 특촬감독으로 단독 기명된 최초의 작품이기도 하다. 이전 작품에는 고지라만 등장했으나, 이 영화에선 최초로 고지라와 맞서는 상대편 괴수가 등장한다. 안기라스[3]가 그 첫 타자로서 고지라와 오사카성에서 대혈투를 벌인다.

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his best friend who has gone off to war with his sister Reiko to marry her, but he is not ready to abandon his love for Kumiko, a nurse at his mother's hospital.

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

The rise of the famed gambler.

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

War film by Kon Ichikawa

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Sudo (Hara Yasumi) and Mori (Uno Jukichi) are two university students who make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Over the course of the film, Sudo becomes involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister, Masako (Wakayama Setsuko). In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her. Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi with a screenplay by Taniguchi and Akira Kurosawa and assistant direction by Ishiro Honda. Kurosawa's final credit as a screenwriter was removed from initial release due to various rewrites.

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

동북 지방에 있는 어느 작은 도시의 점포에서 일하는 고등학생인 금곡육조(金谷六助)와 계란을 파는 여학생인 신자(新子)는 친한 친구가 된다. 또한 신자 앞으로 보내진 육조의 러브레터는 학생들 간에 물의를 일으킨다. 여선생 시마자키 유키코는 연애 문제에 있어서 의외로 낡은 사고 방식을 가지고 있는 학생들에게 두 학생간의 일을 알기 쉽게 설명한다. 그러나 그것은 오히려 다른 학생들의 반감을 살 뿐이었고, 교직원 간에서도 문제가 되어 일은 점차 커지게 된다. 그러나 본인인 신자와 육조는 아랑곳하지 않고 교제를 계속해 나간다. 하지만 둘의 일은 드디어 신문지상에까지 거론되어져 세간의 큰 화제가 되기에 이르는데...

During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor Inagaki (Sugai Ichiro), at his seaside home. There he meets the professor's lovely young wife, Sachiko (Hamada Yuriko), and is unsettled by the striking resemblance she bears to his wife, who died three years earlier. Attracted to Sachiko, he does his best to hide his feelings. The couple, however, senses a deep-seated melancholy in him. Attributing it to the loss of his wife, they urge him to marry their niece, Kaoru, but he is not interested. Shortly after, Fumiko , Sachiko's older sister, realizes that Sachiko and Kawasaki have feelings for each other, but she keeps her counsel. One day Kawasaki, Sachiko, and Kaoru go boating when a storm forces them to stay overnight at a hotel. Unable to sleep, Kawasaki takes a walk along the beach where he finds Sachiko, also unable to sleep. He declares his love for her.

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.