Kyū Sazanka Movies

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to...

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

Singer Eri stars in this modern musical.

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

1961 Japanese movie

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaka.

After a young boy captures a rare butterfly in Nagasaki, a caterpillar begins a relay-trip toward the northern tip of Hokkaido, serving as a silent...