Akitake Kōno Movies

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

1958 Toei movie.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

Story of a bandit king part 2.

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...

1961 Japanese movie

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

A group of fishing boats dot the deep blue lake with white clouds rolling by. A heartwarming lyrical drama about the love story between an innocent...

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...