Acting
During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Friends from their hometown, Tanaka Genzo and Fujita Koshiro, each walked different paths. Koshiro, who upheld the philosophy of "Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians," became a leader of the Tengu Party, taking refuge in the mountains. Genzo, however, did not have any particular ideological stance.
Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo, this movie introduces both the Shochiku Ofuna and Kyoto studios. Part One focuses on the studio’s behind-the-scenes staff: set designers, prop masters, and lighting technicians. Part Two presents a digest-style overview of the process surrounding a young woman who auditions for the “New Faces” program, from the auditions to her debut as an actress.
Akiko divorces her husband Fujikawa due to his infidelity, and when she returns to her parents' home, she finds that her family's toy factory is in decline, and she has to work hard to rebuild it. Thanks to the mediation of Niimura, who is a close friend of her brother Shinichi and has feelings for Akiko, they are able to secure a sales contract with a foreign trading company for the toy that Shinichi invented. However, Fujikawa, who has a grudge against Akiko, begins to interfere by making cheap imitations...
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A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.
In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives Club must capture the Bronze Monster, a giant metal monster that steals valuable clocks.
Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.
The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu was requisitioned by the occupation forces. When the residence is released to them, Mrs. Ishida wants to turn it into a Western style hotel to recoup their fortunes, but returns to Shibuya, swindled and sober.
Shinjiro Tanabe, a teacher at a junior high school in the downtown area of Tokyo, has two daughters, Mitsuko and Hitomi. Hitomi is the leader of her father's junior high school class and is working hard to prepare for the upcoming school trip and pamphlet. Tanabe is an old teacher who is often worried about financial difficulties and the future of Mitsuko, who is about to get married, but his family is bright with the cheerful Hitomi surrounding him. However, he finds himself in a difficult position when he sympathizes with his former student, the delinquent Akutsu, and uses the students' travel savings.
Edogawa Rampo's famous detective, part 1
A steel-clad fiend terrorizes Tokyo, raiding clock shops. Detective Kogoro Akechi uncovers a map hidden in a prized clock, leading to a uranium deposit. He deduces the fiend is his nemesis, the Fiend with Twenty Faces.
A Japanese adaption of the story of the Prodigal Son.
Japanese "kayo" film based on the song by Tsuzuko Sugawara.
