Chūzaburō Wakamiya Movies

The story follows a humble merchant from Tohoku who travels to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of buying goods directly from wholesalers. During his stay,...

A Film By Shiro Toyoda

A young couple, composed of a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes...

Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just...

Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or...

1960 Japanese movie

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.

1959 Japanese movie

After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a lover. However, she is in fact having a...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.