Mantarō Ushio Movies

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in...

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

Comedy drama film

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

A dead lover returns as a ghost

A 1954 film.

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...

1960 Japanese movie

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

1958 Japanese movie

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

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

1962 Japanese movie

1945 Japanese movie

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...

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

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in...

1962 Japanese movie

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...