Fusatarō Ishijima Movies

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The...

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan

1958 Toei movie.

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a...

1962 Japanese movie

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers'...

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

1961 Japanese movie

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.