Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Tani, Jun Ôtomo, Takamaru Sasaki, Seiji Miyaguchi
During World War II, Kaji, a peace-loving man, travels to a small village with his wife, Michiko, to work as a supervisor in an iron mine to avoid being drafted into the army. When the military police send six hundred Chinese prisoners to work in the mine, Kenji talks to their leader to control the Khushan. But his methods upset the corrupt system there and...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Ichirô Nakatani, Akira Tani, Noriko Sengoku
A collection of four old Japanese tales, with a supernatural profile.
Stars: Hisako Ôkata, Yoshi Katô, Toshirô Ishidô, Toshie Negishi, Furankî Sakai
Iwa Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has a strange and inexplicable penchant for committing crazy and brutal murders. He ends up being chased by the police all over Japan but always somehow manages to escape. He meets a woman and falls in love with her.
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Kyôichi Satô, Torahiko Hamada
"Gnosuke", one of the clan's lieutenants, kills one of the elders of the clan to achieve reforms. He is chased by his old friends, each of whom hopes to get the revenge that the clan wants. But with the help of a master swordswoman named "Yamane", he gets a chance to save...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirô Nakatani, Hideyo Amamoto, Yoshio Inaba, Mikijirô Hira
A bankrupt man, just released from prison, reluctantly agrees to kill three men, but changes his mind when a group of gangsters target the same men. He then tries to understand why these men are victims.
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Daisuke Katô, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani, Rinsaku Ogata
After spending years traveling and building a reputation as Japan's greatest samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Osuto is waiting for him, but he has returned to challenge Kendo, the leader of the best school in the region.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshi Katô, Torahiko Hamada, Hideko Takamine, Nobuko Otowa
In 1932, a woman whose fiancé is fighting in China is raped by the son of a large landowner returning from the war. After this incident, she is forced to marry a man and...
Stars: Saburô Date, Kôji Fujiyama, Kôji Sekiyama, Hideo Murota, Torahiko Hamada
Based on the true story of Ryukyu Ishikawa, an ambitious man who becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia, but he is unable to control his anger.
Stars: Toranosuke Ogawa, Chieko Baishô, Akitake Kôno, Torahiko Hamada, Kin Sugai
A soldier returning from the war and his wife work hard so that their child can have a comfortable future. Their dream is to have a happy family.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takeshi Katô, Shôbun Inoue, Michiya Higuchi, Yûnosuke Itô
The film is about a group of Japanese soldiers during World War II who are imprisoned for crimes against humanity. The film is based on the real memories of prisoners...
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Torahiko Hamada, Kazuo Kitamura, Akiji Kobayashi
Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Yoshi Katô, Tôru Abe, Torahiko Hamada, Haruko Chichibu
A young man decides to become a famous warrior and causes trouble for his tribe.
Stars: Torahiko Hamada, Haruko Sugimura, Akio Tanaka, Hiroshi Mizushima, Shima Iwashita
Himoto Haruo is a medical student who does not get along with his girlfriend's cheating mother, boss and employer.
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isao Natsuyagi, Minoru Uchida, Mari Natsuki
Matsui is the adopted daughter of Karion House, a small yakuza group. Animasa, their leader, is the last heir of a samurai family. He is strict in business, but because of his justice, he is respected by weak people and...
Stars: Yoshio Inaba, Asao Koike, Tetsurô Tanba, Ken Ogata, Torahiko Hamada
Love and tribulations of a geisha in 1933 Japan.
Stars: Hideo Murota, Torahiko Hamada, Sô Yamamura, Ken Mitsuda, Takanobu Hozumi
A killer who has returned to his ruined past while his friend's desires have changed.
Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Daigo Kusano, Daijirô Harada, Rokkô Toura, Taiji Tonoyama
After leaving high school, Michio Yamada (Norio Nagayama in the real life incidents) becomes involved in the shudan shushoku, a post-war Japanese government work program which involves taking almost an entire high school graduating class from the countryside to Tokyo to work for a fruit company. Some terrible things happened to his family in the past and that explains... Read allDirectorKaneto Shindô
Stars: Yasuaki Kurata, Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yûko Tanaka, Hiroshi Inuzuka
Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshio Inaba, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiroyuki Nagato, Gô Katô
The story of Kumukiri Niramon, a former samurai warrior who abandons his class and becomes the leader of a band of thieves. Now he leads his accomplices in an attempt to steal the castle from his former clan.
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Mikijirô Hira, Shin Takuma, Tetsurô Tanba
We will see the story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima and the details of this event from a different perspective.
