Haruo Tanaka Movies

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

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

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

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...

1945 Japanese movie

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

The story follows a man haunted by debt and crime, who flees with his mistress on a tense journey marked by betrayals and desperate choices. The film...

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. ...

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke...

This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the...

1962 Japanese movie

Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her...