Yoshio Shirasaka Movies

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." ...

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Yukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a forbidden one. He is married, with children. She is a...

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form....

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...

The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and...

College life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research Club that performs canzone, a genre they are both in...

A high school boy with violent impulsive tendencies begins a troubled relationship with an older woman he sees at a funeral.

1964 Japanese movie

In a small Normandy village overlooking the English Channel, an elderly shopkeeper runs the enigmatic “Shop That Sells Memories,”...

Assistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a narcotics ring. But he falls victim to the seductive wiles...

Stewardess Yuriko goes through rigorous two-month training and finishes her maiden flight safely with the help of her colleagues and instructors.

Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

Tokyo Olympiad director Kon Ichikawa documents the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games.