Masako Tsutsumi Movies

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in...

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the...

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

In 1930s Tokyo, the energetic Enoken and his ragtag group of friends navigate a series of chaotic misadventures involving romance and poverty.

A five member circus runs into problems while touring rural Japan.

Young Hiroko’s conservative principles place her at odds with most modern women, as she has already submitted to her mother’s choice of...

“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused...

Atsuko, a seamstress at a clothing shop in Ginza, spends her days quietly going about her work, oblivious to the gossip about romance swirling around...

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

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

The title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15 or 16 years old girl lost her family and lived alone...

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.