Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

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

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens...

Japanese comedy film.

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Part 2 of Holiday in Japan

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a...

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Japanese comedy film.

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief...

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.