Haruo Tanaka Movies

Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract...

Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period...

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the...

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari...

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji...

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close,...

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

1958 Japanese movie

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.