Shizuo Chūjō Movies

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

A businessman who dreams of a successful career ends up embroiled in a murder case after a love affair.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

An industrial espionage film.

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a lover. However, she is in fact having a...

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names,...

1962 Japanese movie

Order of Yakuza

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