Yuriko Hanabusa Filmes

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Japanese youth film.

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

Japanese romance film.

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.