Movies

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

The narrative centers on Taichi Tamiya, a television scriptwriter living in modern-day Tokyo with his family. Their ordinary lives are disrupted when...

Set one year after drama series "Overprotected Kahoko." Kahoko is busy running her daycare center "Kahoko House" and also doing housework. Things at...

A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic...

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his...

1962 Japanese movie

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned...

A human drama on the state of marriage today, following the battle between a mother and daughter over her marriage and humorous depictions of the...

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely...

1965 Toei Drama / Comedy

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.

An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story...

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk...