Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
Japanese film about a juvenile delinquent who becomes a part of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
Japanese crime 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.
Devil Torturers
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
Detective
Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.
Japanese thriller.
Japanese war film.
Japanese crime film.
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...
Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.
Yamamoto
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Japanese war film.
Кёити Мита происходит из уважаемой семьи, он может позволить себе быть честным и прямо заявляет начальству в лицо, что он думает. В итоге его из менеджеров понижают до простого работника и отправляют в Осака. Все меняется в его жизни. Он вынужден оставить в Токио больную мать. Он даже думает о самоубийстве. Он мечтает об уединении. Его приютом становится затрапезная гостиница Суйгэцу. Здесь он встречает множество людей, которые живут не так, как им хочется. Это ещё одна грустная элегия Госё, в которой почти ничего не происходит, но каждый продолжает жить, несмотря на то, что счастье не придет никогда.
