Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman...

Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and failings of the class, the egotism, and the...

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

Japanese comedy film.

The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

1940 Japanese movie

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi...

Japanese noir.