Mantarō Ushio Movies

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her...

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

A prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth...

1946 Japanese movie.

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

While a music festival was in an uproar over the theft of a prized instrument, a massive music event organized by a gang of orphaned punks was held...

The sincere, selfless love of a foolish mother for her daughter set against the backdrop of the circus.

Inspired by the "Shimoyama Incident," which caused a great stir in society in 1949, the year before its release, this masterpiece suspense film...

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...

A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his...