Akitake Kōno Movies

July 1945. War‑exhausted Japan groans under the heel of a brutal military regime. Young journalist Saeki struggles to cling to a fading sense...

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling...

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

The Chase after Opium Dealers

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She,...

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...

Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was...

1960 Toei action film.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...