Kyū Sazanka Movies

Japanese comedy film.

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this...

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

1967 Japanese movie

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

1962 Japanese movie

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

Comedy drama film

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by...