Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and...

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Japanese comedy film.

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

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Part 2 of Holiday in Japan

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...