Movies

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's...

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of...

A moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young...

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he...

After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a...

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.

1961 Japanese movie

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film...

A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual...