Bontarō Miake Movies

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the...

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their...

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu...

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

Japanese drama