Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Japanese comedy film.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Japanese sex comedy film.

A 1942 film.

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Japanese comedy film.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.