1962 Japanese movie

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return."...

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has...

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his...

Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an...

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was...

A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless ninja assassins hired by corrupt officials...

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station...