Movies

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...

In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of...

The first of four "Comic Storyteller' features.

The second "Comic Storyteller" feature.

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

Drama about an adolescent girl. Remake of Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)

The third "Comic Storyteller" feature. A comedy set in historic Edo.

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals,...

During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his...

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.

A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.

Love story of a working-class boy and girl.

1968 film

Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the...