Kotoe Hatsui Movies

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as...

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

Wild-hearted mechanic boy Iwaki falls in love with the innocent but gang tied Michiko.

One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand...

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's...

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko...

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his...

1962 Japanese movie

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...

The movie depicts the complicated romantic feelings of a woman who is attracted to a man other than her fiancé.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

At a certain high school in Karuizawa, students relied on ordinary local trains for their commute, but with only seven trains running per day,...