Movies

1958 Japanese movie

1959 Japanese film directed by Morihei Magatani for Shintoho.

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to...

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Japanese comedy film.

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress.

1961 Japanese movie

Original drama special written by Taichi Yamada about the sadness and resilience of human beings through a man and his wife's best friend who become...

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.

During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She,...

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Eiichiro, a talented young salesman, grows disillusioned with office politics and returns to his family’s traditional tofu business, applying...

A teacher in a poor island community tries to improve his students' spirits by entering them in a volleyball tournament as long-shot underdogs.

TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV...

The All Girl's Rugby Team try to keep their private college from falling into the hands of Yakuza and unscrupulous businessmen.

The last film produced by Shintoho.