Kamatari Fujiwara Movies

A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era. Tojuro, an extremely popular actor, feels...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert...

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a...

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

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

An Ishiro Honda film.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

1951 Japanese movie

This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki