Movies

A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.

Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just...

Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a lover. However, she is in fact having a...

After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural...

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets a teacher and falls...

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

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

Love story of a working-class boy and girl.

A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

1959 Japanese movie

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

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...

1967 Japanese movie

Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or...

1960 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie