Acting
No description available.
A comedy about newlyweds.
Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.
Comedy drama film
In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his once happier past and the events that destroyed everyone he held dear.
With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.
A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.
Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and Hanayama—and centered around Yumi, the beautiful dancer who serves as their mascot—they form a poor but cheerful group of five.
A judo movie.
A passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life are on the line.
A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.
Due to obligation, they parted ways, but mother and child meet again in front of the father's grave.
As the show begins, the stage starts to rotate, and popular stars are murdered one after another—is it a random killing spree or a premeditated crime? A unique thriller that will have you laughing and shivering at the same time.
Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.
