Chôichirô Kawarasaki

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading ...

A somber look at family life in contemporary Japan. Originated the catch-phrase, ‘kutabare nyu famiri’ — “space age ...

Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke’s infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate ...

A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on ...

The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage fencing style for generations. However, the master of a new fencing school in Edo claims to be ...

Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls ...

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history. Release: Himiko 1974 Japanese 720p ...

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters ...

In the fourth installment, Musashi’s potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental ...

Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan. Release: The Ninja Hunt 1964 ...

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the ...

Bombing during World War II resulted in whole urban populations fleeing to the countryside, and this created a meeting of urban and rural ...

I watched this movie of Japanese Wizards battle in 1970s.Three powerful weapons from the Peacock Kingdom were missing and lots of warriors and ...

After the original Lone Wolf comics, films and TV series came out in the seventies, the character stayed off the movie screens until this film ...

A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks ...

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over ...

Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the ‘Taiko’ becomes the ...

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings. ...

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves ...

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with ...