Mantarō Ushio Movies

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

A dead lover returns as a ghost

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A...

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting...

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor.