Masao Oda Movies

1961 gangster film.

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

1961 Japanese movie

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her,...

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she...

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress...

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

1962 Japanese movie

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

1962 Japanese movie

1960 Toei film.

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...