Pinku from 1969.
Pinku from 1969.
Pinku from 1969.
A story of a wild girl, Minako Shima (Mari Ibuki), who finds a peck o f trouble when she gets involved with a lowlevel yakuza toughguy.
A gynecologist attempts to rid the world of sexual problems by separating sex on the one hand and reproduction, which he feels should be left to artificial wombs.
A high school student preparing for his university entrance exams is discontent with various social inequities and is determined to take vengeance on all adults.
Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Interpreter Okumura
Japanese war film.
Presiding judge
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.
In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
Section Chief Yoshino
Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a battalion with the victim’s brother.
Early pinku.
Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.
1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Japanese mystery film.
Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.
Commander Arima
Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Japanese comedy film.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Japanese film about motorcycle racing.
Japanese war film.
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
O filme é sobre a missão suicida da Yamato para Okinawa em março 1945 para defender a pátria ameaçada por bombardeiros americanos. Adaptado do livro de 1952 de Mitsuru Yoshida "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Japanese drama film.
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
