Gen Shimizu Movies

1962 Japanese movie

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A young princess is kidnapped and put on a pirate ship bound for Hokkaido and the villainous Jaguar. Her only hope is the cook and a young man who...

The eighth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to...

1962 Japanese movie

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach...

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

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...

A comedic tale that follows several quirky individuals who navigate the twists and turns of their daily lives.

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.