Taizō Fukami Movies

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing...

The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will...

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is...

Japanese movie

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful...

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.

Japanese action film distributed by Taiho.

1958 Japanese movie

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious...

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a...

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...

Musical movie depicting adventures of Yaji and Kita (from the famous novel) in Kyoto and Osaka