Tatsuo Saitō Movies

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Japanese war movie.

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was born a good singer. Her mother is dead, her...

Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm, where buried family secrets and a company ban on office romance collide with youthful...

In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union...

Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

A young man torn between love and friendship.

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble...

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.