Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a...

Japanese drama film.

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her...

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

Japanese film.

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors...

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

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

A comedy featuring The Golden Bat

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to...

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement,...

A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

1961 Japanese movie

In this program based on the book of the same name by Ishimure Michiko, Kitabayashi Tanie plays “Goze,” a blind wandering performer who...