Akitake Kōno Movies

  • 1954
    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    8.11954HD

    In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

    Sansho the Bailiff
  • 1944
    The Most Beautiful

    The Most Beautiful

    The Most Beautiful

    5.61944HD

    The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and...

    The Most Beautiful
  • 1945
    Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

    Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

    Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

    6.0651945HD

    In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the...

    Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
  • 1955
    Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

    7.11955HD

    Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

    Taira Clan Saga
  • 1946
    No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

    6.9181946HD

    Over more than a decade, the daughter of a Kyoto Imperial University professor comes of age as she witnesses her father fired for opposing the rise...

    No Regrets for Our Youth
  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    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...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1952
    The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

    The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

    The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

    6.71952HD

    Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to...

    The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

    6.5631943HD

    The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new...

    Sanshiro Sugata
  • 1973
    Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

    7.11973HD

    In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then...

    Miyamoto Musashi
  • 1957
    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    7.21957HD

    Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
  • 1964
    Ken

    Ken

    Ken

    7.81964HD

    Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity...

    Ken
  • 1960
    The Man of Seven Faces

    The Man of Seven Faces

    The Man of Seven Faces

    61960HD

    Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

    The Man of Seven Faces
  • 1950
    Street of Violence

    Street of Violence

    Street of Violence

    6.51950HD

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

    Street of Violence
  • 1967
    Heiji, the Detective

    Heiji, the Detective

    Heiji, the Detective

    3.81967HD

    Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend...

    Heiji, the Detective
  • 1958
    The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    01958HD

    A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

    The Outsiders
  • 1958
    Souls in the Moonlight II

    Souls in the Moonlight II

    Souls in the Moonlight II

    6.61958HD

    This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

    Souls in the Moonlight II
  • 1966
    Nerves for Victory

    Nerves for Victory

    Nerves for Victory

    61966HD

    A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

    Nerves for Victory
  • 1950
    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    6.31950HD

    Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

    Till We Meet Again
  • 1946
    An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

    01946HD

    Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

    An Enemy of the People
  • 1953
    The Cannery Boat

    The Cannery Boat

    The Cannery Boat

    81953HD

    Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.

    The Cannery Boat