Keisuke Kinoshita Movies

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

Like many women after the war, Toshiko works as a chorus girl; her boyfriend Tadashi wishes she'd join him more frequently, but she detests his...

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

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

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.

The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losing his life in combat in China.

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.