Keiko Ogasawara

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s...

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

1962 Japanese movie

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy...

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him...

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

1961 Japanese movie