Hajime Izu Movies

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known...

1961 Japanese movie

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

1954 Japanese movie

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the...