Masao Oda Movies

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to...

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi...

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to...

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

Japanese drama film.

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a...

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

LEAD TOMBSTONE tracks the progress of a young sociopathic rake who had, immediately post-WW2, rescued his country farmer mother from rape by stabbing...

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizing they're both at a brink in their lives they'll...

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was...

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

1961 Japanese movie