Kyū Sazanka Movies

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

1961 Japanese movie

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Tatsuo Osone movie

An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who...

Romantic comedy.

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is...

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

Japanese comedy film.