Kazuko Inano

"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was...

release : 1963.03.21
popularis : 1.683

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He...

release : 1973.08.11
popularis : 17.972

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second...

release : 1969.03.13
popularis : 3.464

release : 1969.04.12
popularis : 4.155

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

release : 1979.06.03
popularis : 9.309

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to...

release : 1969.06.28
popularis : 1.141

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid...

release : 1971.11.17
popularis : 3.665

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

release : 1962.09.29
popularis : 6.324

The story of a selfless mother and her family throughout the decades, from th 1920's to the 1960's.

release : 1966.09.30
popularis : 0.627

Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and...

release : 1976.10.16
popularis : 1.676

A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of...

release : 1966.05.15
popularis : 1.309

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.

release : 1971.06.07
popularis : 0.939

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She...

release : 1964.08.29
popularis : 1.558

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the...

release : 1964.04.19
popularis : 1.346

Based on the comic by George Akiyama

release : 1970.10.31
popularis : 1.441

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...

release : 1964.10.21
popularis : 0.734

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

release : 1966.10.30
popularis : 1.064

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately,...

release : 1974.07.13
popularis : 4.467