Eijirō Tōno Movies

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

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

The Glorious Days

Kunio Shimizu, a sailor of Tohto University, helped a girl that was chased by someone on her way home from practice.The girl went away without saying...

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

1958 Japanese movie

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

Yoshikawa and Kaji are alumni - Yoshikawa leads a life loyal to his company Toho Corporation, whilst Kaji works in the underground world for Aoyama,...

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.

Japanese war film.

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.