Jun Tatara Movies

The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and...

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as the daughter-in-law of Koichi, the eldest son of...

1961 Japanese movie

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the...

Japanese comedy film.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

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...

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

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But...