Acting
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
A seafaring man who hates women and a barmaid who hates men… drawn together and torn apart by a strange twist of fate… a melodrama of passion and intensity.
Five years after parting ways, two people who had once envisioned a life together met again: he was a yakuza out of work, and she was a woman of the night.
A historical drama about a foul-mouthed but good-natured traveller.
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Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.
A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.
The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.
A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.
A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.
It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.
1942 Japanese movie
A lighthearted and entertaining film that incorporates popuar songs into a period drama.
Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl. The dead woman's cat licks her blood and becomes a demon, seeking revenge on Okoyo
