Noriko Sengoku Movies

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

1961 Japanese movie

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

Japanese horror movie from 1982.

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...

Accused of being a spy for a rival clan by Nanbu Clan samurai who then attack him, the 'Lowly Ronin' barely escapes with his life after being shot. ...

A housewife whose memoir of divorce is selected becomes an editorial staff member, something she has always dreamed of. However, her divorce is a...

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

The Undefeated Woman

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.

1960 Japanese movie

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

A stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi who are still growing up. It is based...

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.