Michiko Hoshi

The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a...

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was...

1961 Japanese movie

The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.

One of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga

1962 Japanese movie

1961 Toei comedy

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An...

Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He...

1959 Japanese movie

1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

1978 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Takabayashi.

Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and...

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house...

The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

Japanese comedy film.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

Japanese drama film.

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt...

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari...

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

Japanese mystery film.

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Japanese comedy film.

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion...

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city. It is...

To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu.

An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...

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...

One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

1950 Toho film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find the body was missing, as was the Gosu plate. He...

Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on at the Inner Palace, where a young woman who had...

A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...

A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS...

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.