Movies: Fusatarō Ishijima

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword and martial arts. Hozoin loses a series of matches with master swordsman Kozumi Ise-no-kami. Bitterly ...

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1962 Japanese movie...

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a youn...

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Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness....

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from ente...

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto....

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo....

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl....

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant....

Japanese family drama....

1962 Japanese movie...

Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisa...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war ....

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Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business....

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The fourth installment of G-men of Japan...

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woma...