Junji Masuda

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day of the outbreak of war, the three girls meet again...

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

1962 Japanese movie

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba...

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

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels...

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Sixth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

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

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...

The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.

Fifth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

A 1948 Japanese film.

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

Japanese drama film.

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to...

An Ishiro Honda Film.

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by...

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that...

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is...

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime...

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture.

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

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...

1961 Japanese movie