Kaneto Shindō Movies

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by...

Yukie is a romance story about an American veteran (Bo Swenson) of the Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse named...

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...

aka Libido.

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Japanese horror move from 1978.

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The...

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

1962 Japanese movie

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

1950s Japanese drama.

Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.