Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old...

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle....

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father

A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.

A heartwarming depiction of the episode behind the birth of "Golden Bat," a picture story show that was overwhelmingly popular with children in 1935.

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...

Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and failings of the class, the egotism, and the complete...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

In Osaka's slum, youth without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)