Movies

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil...

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

Story of a textile designer-turned featherweight boxer (Kubo) who, a la Champion ( 1949), loses everything as he battles his way to the top.

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

The 3rd film in the Three Dolls series

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat...

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

Salaryman comedy.

Punch, Pinch, and Sentchi are three young women in Tokyo whose work and relationships become entangled after a minor accident draws their boyfriends...

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...

Film by Buichi Saitô

Drama about a young woman, abused as a child, who carries on sexual relations with four men, but is unable to get close to any of them.

Tobe is a small-time crook who runs a prostitution business of blonde girls, as well as sells pornographic pictures. He frequents a cafe run by two...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...