Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.

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...

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national...

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first...

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

Japanese youth film.

Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.

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...

1957 Japanese movie

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the...

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

Japanese war-era film

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.