Jun Tatara Movies

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal...

1961 Japanese movie

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their...

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

1956 Japanese movie

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning...

1967 Japanese movie

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He...

Japanese horror television movie from 1978.

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and...

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...

Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century...