Movies

1945 Japanese movie

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence....

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her...

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Japanese musical.

1956 Japanese movie

Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama

The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin.

1956 Japanese movie

The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along with her late husband's family. On the other...

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works...

"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, Tasaka directed this 'home front' comedy-drama...

1962 Japanese movie

This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and...

Reimagining of the Ten'ichibō Incident.

Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to be supported by the kind consideration of his...