Eijirō Tōno Movies

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

1962 Japanese movie

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted...

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

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...

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...