Ichirō Sugai Movies

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...

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect...

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Japanese cinema: Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano and Keiko...

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest...

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His...

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of...

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the...

1962 Japanese movie