Mantarō Ushio

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

아기 이름은 3200명 중에서 선발된 스즈키 히로오. 단지에 사는 젊은 부부에게 기다리던 남자 아기가 태어났다. 부모는 물론이고 할머니까지 난리가 났다.

우시마츠의 아버지는 그에게 자신의 하층 계급 유산을 절대 드러내지 말라고 말했고, 몇 년 후, 그는 이제 그러한 차별에 맞서 싸우는 운동가에게 비밀을 털어놓을 생각을 하고 있다.

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

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with their husbands, and are about to secretly carry on affairs with the other's mates.

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls for a young noblewoman. The rest of the film follows the two as they fend off attacks from gangs and the police.

일본 전통 버선인 타비 회사의 5대 독자로 태어난 키쿠지. 그의 인생은 어머니와 할머니에 의해 좌지우지된다. 그는 어머니와 할머니가 고른 여성과 결혼하지만, 아들을 낳은 후 집안의 법도를 따르지 않았다는 이유로 어머니와 할머니는 그의 아내를 쫓아낸다. 아버지가 돌아가신 후, 키쿠지는 사업을 물려받게 되고 게이샤를 만나 사랑에 빠지지만, 그녀 역시 아들을 낳은 후 어머니와 할머니에게 쫓겨나고 만다.

라이벌 사가라 갱단의 보스를 불구로 만든 아사히나는 2년 7개월 형을 선고받는다. 수감 중에도 복수를 위해 사가라 갱단의 암살자들이 아사히나를 덮치지만, 용케 살아난 그는 출옥 후에도 여전히 사가라 갱단의 습격에 위태로운 상태이다. 그러던 중 우연히 수감되기 전 극장 매표소에서 일하던 요시에를 만나 사랑에 빠지면서 그는 그동안 자신이 걸어왔던 길에 대한 허무함을 느끼기 시작한다.

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

고마주로의 유랑극단이 가부키 공연을 한다는 소식에 동네 사람들은 기대에 부푼다. 그런데 사실 고마주로는 이곳에 사는 고야와 사랑했던 사이로, 그를 삼촌으로 알고 자란 기요시라는 아들까지 두었다. 한편, 고마주로를 흠모하던 여배우 스미코는 그의 비밀을 알게 되자 질투심에 휩싸인다.

1945년 패전 말기의 필리핀 레이테 섬. 타무라 일등병은 부대와 병원에서 쫓겨나 소속 없는 군인이 되어 버린다. 밀림을 헤매던 그는 집결지를 향해 가는 병사의 무리를 만나지만, 이들은 살인을 하고 인육을 먹는 극한 상황에 빠지게 된다. 전쟁의 참혹함과 기아에 몰린 군인을 그린 이 영화는 스산한 공기와 신체의 움직임마저 느끼게 하는 아쿠타가와 야스시의 음악이 적막함을 실감나게 전하고 있다.

고미술 감정가인 겐모치는 부인 이쿠코에게는 비밀로 정력 증진을 위해 주사를 맞으러 병원에 다니며, 병원 인턴인 기무라를 딸 도시코의 남편으로 생각하고 있다. 병원에 온 이쿠코는 남편의 통원 사실을 알지만 아무 말도 하지 않는다. 부부는 상대가 훔쳐 보고 있다는 것을 서로 알면서 각자 일기를 쓰고 있다. 기무라가 집을 방문하여 같이 술을 마신 날 밤 목욕탕에서 잠이 들어버린 이쿠코의 나신을 겐모치는 기무라에게 맡긴다. 이렇게 세 명의 기묘한 관계가 시작되고 질투로 부부 관계를 다시 일으키려 하는 겐모치는 고혈압으로 위험한 상태가 된다. 한 편으로 기무라와 도시코는 이미 관계를 맺고 있으며 이쿠코와 기무라와의 관계를 의심하면서도 기무라와 약혼을 한다. 결국 겐모치가 죽고 장례식이 끝나 재산 정리가 되자 이 집의 재산으로 개업을 생각했던 기무라는 실망하여 관계를 끊고 싶다고 생각한다. 도시코는 엄마의 홍차에 농약을 넣지만 노파의 잘못으로 약은 바뀌어져 3명의 셀러드에 뿌려져 있다.

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

밝게 웃는 얼굴과 건강함이 매력인 시마 교코. 엉뚱한 사건을 계기로 제과회사의 마스코트로 선택된 교코는 곧 스타덤에 오른다. 거대한 현대 소비사회에 희롱당하고 부딪치면서도 강한 의지를 관철하는 남녀를 그린 마스무라 야스조의 초기 대표작.

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.

1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through his tragic end this is the story of a beloved and loyal henchman.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole company is in an uproar.

An uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a good-natured sandwich man, set against the backdrop of the glamorous Ginza district!

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

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.

Horror film directed by Minoru Inuzuka.

This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo.. ...

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.