Jūkichi Uno Movies

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...

1962 Japanese movie

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

Nobuko Shibuya's Japanese volleyball documentary

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.

Comedy drama film

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

1962 Japanese movie

When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling...