Ichirō Sugai Movies

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by...

1945 Japanese movie

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls...

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"

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 woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

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

This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take...

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.