Yū Fujiki
Known for Acting
Born
March 2, 1931
Died
December 19, 2005 (age 74)
Birthplace
日本, 東京都
Filmography
151 films, 5 shows
Known for Acting
Born
March 2, 1931
Died
December 19, 2005 (age 74)
Birthplace
日本, 東京都
Filmography
151 films, 5 shows

9 Souls
2003 · 2h
country: Japan
After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner known as the Counterfeit King said he had hidden.

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002 · 33m
country: Japan
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002 · 41m
country: Japan
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
A difficult request brought to the unlicensed genius surgeon Black Jack. It was supposed to be born as twins, but it was an operation to separate what had been taken into another body. The second in a series depicting the episode of the birth of Pinoko.

Sanctuary
1995 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small but rising Yakuza clan, while Asami is a politician aiming to become the youngest member of the Japanese parliament. But while they both live in different ways, Hojo and Asami share the same past; both of them were survivors of the Killing Fields of Cambodia. With the aggression and survival instincts they learned in the Cambodian jungles, Hojo and Asami strive in both the Yakuza and political world to reform Japan into their own sanctuary.

Dochinpira 7
1994 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Jin Kaito returns to his womanizing ways, despite Ranko's worryings. His next conquest? Tomoko, a fiery beauty who just happens to be the mistress of a powerful yakuza boss. Frustrated by her lover’s impotence, Tomoko unleashes her desires on Jin. But passion turns dangerous and Tomoko, obsessed with him, orders an attack on Ranko. Jin barely saves her and things seem to calm down, when the danger strikes: Kuwata, an ambitious underling, plans to take control over the gang.
The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
1992
country: Japan
Formerly a covert spy under the shogunate, ronin Azami Onijuro and his carefree companion, ronin, journeyed along the Kiso Highway. As they approached the Echizen Domain, they encountered a woman named Osode. Recognizing Onijuro's formidable skills, she asked for his help as she was on her way to Owari. Osode, the daughter of the second-ranking retainer of the Katsuyama Domain, carried a blood-sealed letter that served as evidence of a conspiracy involving the assassination of the domain lord by the Deputy Chief and the lord's younger brother. Onijuro's group becomes a target and is chased after by the chief retainer's top enforcer.

Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Killers Ken and Joji undertake the killing of a man named Sakai. He utters some interesting last words before being shot dead, leading Ken and Joji on a trail of death and destruction.

Rainbow Kids
1991 · 2h
country: Japan
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
Luxury Yacht: First Love Tour Murder Case
Luxury Yacht: First Love Tour Murder Case
1990 · 2h
country: Japan
Office worker Kanako takes a trip to Nanki Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture as part of a travel agency project to reunite with her first love. She was nominated by Yamano, a classmate from elementary school. Kanako meets Yamano for the first time in 15 years, but for some reason their old stories don't add up. She gradually begins to suspect that Yamano is a fake, but...

A Sandcastle Model Family Home
1989 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their home during business hours.

Time and Tide 2
1985 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
depicts the human drama of the residents of a local town, centering on the married couple who run Jidaiya—an antique shop located in Oimachi, Tokyo.

F2 Grand Prix
1984 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Drama set in the world of Formula 2 motor racing in Japan.

The Tale of Saikaido
1983 · 2h 21m
country: Japan
Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures surrounding hidden gold mines.

Double Bed
1983 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko.

Time and Tide
1983 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

Completely... With That Air!
1981 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.

At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of attempted rape. He soon meets several individuals claiming to be ministers of their own micronation…

Station
1981 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.

Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.

Samurai of Hachiman
1981 · 2h
country: Japan
A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?

Return of the Champ
1981 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
A not-so-young "Young Guy" (Kayama) returns in this reunion feature, which takes Yuichi and Ishiyama to New York, where the former runs in the New York Marathon and romances TV producer Minagawa. A delightful throwback to Toho's '60s style filmmaking.

Greatest Game Ever Part II
1976 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Shōzō, heir to a tonkatsu shop and ice hockey star, faces a series of challenges when his team’s fundraiser goes wrong. Amid rivalry, romantic tension, and an amateur rule violation, Shōzō’s determination leads him to a triumphant return to the ice with help from his girlfriend, Ayako.

A Swindler to the West: A Con Man to the East
1971 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys.

Outstanding High School Girl: I'm 16 Years Old, Leave Me Alone
1970 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Comedy about high school students.

Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

Outstanding High School Girl: Ecstasy of a 16-Year-Old
1970 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Melodrama about high school students.

Space Amoeba
1970 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Prime Time Girls
1969 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Drama about a high school girl (Naito).

Travels of Lord Mito
1969 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant.

Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
1969 · 1h 12m
country: Japan
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.

Young Guy Graduates
1969 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Young Guy graduates from University.

The Flame of Youth
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Melodrama about high school life.

Young Challengers
1968 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods.

Imaginary Paradise
1968
country: Unknown
Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.

Admiral Yamamoto
1968 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.

Young Guy in Rio
1968 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Yuzo Kayama is captain of the Fencing team and visits Brazil to work in the shipyards with his professor. There he meets his beautiful daughter (Mie Nakao) and a tour guide (Yuriko Hoshi), but his work and his band, The Ranchers, keep him busy.

Kawachi fūten zoku
1968 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
1968 film

The Burning Sun
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.

Two in the Shadow
1967 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.

Goal for the Young
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Teacher Yuki (Natsuki) is appointed to a high school where he stages a big soccer match.

Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) have adventures along the road including strange supernatural happenings, ghosts, and monsters.

Japan's Longest Day
1967 · 2h 37m
country: Japan
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
1967 Japanese movie

Las Vegas Free-For-All
1967 · 2h 37m
country: Japan
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
1967 Japanese movie

Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Saburo Sarutobi, a former member of the Zengakuren, and Maruo Inumaruo, a former member of the police force, have joined two rival companies, Toyotomi Denki and Tokugawa Musen, respectively, and have been at each other's throats at every turn. They are engaged in a nightly industrial espionage war in an attempt to somehow get under each other's noses, but eventually they both find themselves targeted by an international industrial espionage ring...

This Is Youth!
1966 · 1h 32m
country: Japan

Big Wind from Tokyo
1966 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A TV writer and a director stranded in a rural town witness the young villagers’ tangled romances. Despite parental feuds and arranged marriages, true couples find their way together. The writer grows fond of the town before returning to Tokyo.

The Daphne
1966 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) travel the Tokaido road and meet the famous Jiro Shimizu and have many comedic adventures.

The War of the Gargantuas
1966 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.

The Man from Planet Alpha
1966 · 1h 43m
country: Unknown
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It is the sixth film in the Crazy Operation series where the lead role was handed over from Eikichi Ueki to Kei Tani. According to the plot, Planet Alpha Secretary severely worried by the effects of the Earth's atomic bomb experiment and sent Mistake 7 and Zero 8, as a watchers to Earth for a nuclear disarmament.

Night in Bangkok
1966 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Shuichi, a young doctor working at a hospital in Bangkok, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy Chinese trader.

The Stranger Within a Woman
1966 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.

More Than 10,000 Women But...
1966 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
A newlywed couple moves into an apartment complex where each family faces everyday problems.

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
1966 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unravel a complex web of betrayal. As love, family, and justice collide, Matsumoto must face a truth too deep to escape—and a loss too great to mend.

We Will Remember
1965 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front lines, but instead are sent to the Chinese Front.

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan
1964 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
An omnibus comedy set in a newly built housing complex, the film follows seven interconnected stories about the everyday vices simmering behind thin apartment walls. The film observes the lives of ambitious young couples, suspicious spouses, self-styled rationalists, overworked husbands, and gossiping neighbors navigating the promises of modern apartment living.

The Sandal Keeper
1964
country: Japan
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general.

Blood and Diamonds
1964 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

Yearning
1964 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.

Atragon
1963 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.

Operation Mad Dog
1963 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
country: Japan
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963 · 1h 43m
country: Hong Kong
The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada Akira across the Pacific to Hawaii, where scenic travelogue passages add to the cross-cultural affair. Also expanded is the romantic entanglement, as the love birds find themselves embroiled in an intricate love pentagon! By then a rising star of Toho boasting multiple talents, Jimmy Lin was bestowed the unenviable task of playing one of the five, the Lucilla character's long-lost fiancé…

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · 1h 36m
country: United States
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.

Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
1963 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
1963 Japanese movie

Sensation Seekers
1963 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
1963 Japanese movie

Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager Sugishita is forced to join the contest, where husbands fail miserably at household chores. Frustrated, the men later gather to complain about their domineering wives, only to be confronted by a carefree stranger who teaches them absurd tricks to “stand up to women.”

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
1962 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

Chûshingura
1962 · 3h 27m
country: Japan
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Mount Hakone
1962 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Japanese drama.

Our Failures
1962 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

Star of Hong Kong
1962 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The two meet again and fall in love in Hokkaido when Wang and her best friend Sugimoto Kanako are going on a holiday. Urged by her friend Zhang Yingming to concentrate on her studies, Wang remains ambivalent about the relationship, and is even more upset to realise that Sugimoto is in love with her fellow countryman. Feigning an engagement with Zhang, Wang initiates a break-up with Hasegawa and finds work in Singapore after graduation. Hasegawa learns the real cause of the break-up from Sugimoto in Hong Kong. A frenzy search finally leads to a reunion and a proposal in Kuala Lumpur. However, their love is doomed by a twist of fate as Wang must leave to see her desperately ill father in Hong Kong while Hasegawa has to leave for America to pursue his career.

College Champ
1962 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his hometown. When his allowance stops coming in, Yuuichi moves back in with his folks to work part-time. He has his eyes set on nationals in the fall, until one day he runs into a young woman who's fallen into trouble with the Lightning Gang...

Yoru no keisha
1962 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

A Woman's Identity
1962 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

The Dangoro Party in the Sky
1962 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...

Long Way to Okinawa
1962 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū
1962 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie

Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962 · 1h 32m
country: Japan

Different Sons
1961 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden unemployment later in life causes friction among the siblings of the Akagi family. Kensuke, a salaryman at a top company, refuses to support his parents while his brother, Shoji, determines to care for them despite only working as a taxi driver. The concern over money affects Noriko's own love life as she courts a wealthy salaryman to the chagrin of her mechanic boyfriend.

The End of Summer
1961 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

A Night in Hong Kong
1961 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.

Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie
七人の敵あり
七人の敵あり
1961 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

The Preacher of Love
1961 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

Taking a Success Course
1961 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

Lovers of Ginza
1961 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

Daredevil in the Castle
1961 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.

The Masterless 47
1960 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Part one of The Masterless 47.

This Greedy Old Skin
1960 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.
Respect, Flatter, and Love
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Modern love story about three disparate sisters, one (Tsukasa) of whom who suspects her husband (Kobayashi) has been unfaithful.

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an academic over a business heir.

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending staff on a misguided search. Misinformation, internal friction, and unexpected revelations push the company to its limits.

The Gambling Samurai
1960 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.

Hito mo arukeba
1960 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Beyond the Hills
1960 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Story of young love in the hills.

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

Three Dolls and Three Guys
1960 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Punch, Pinch, and Sench become involved in a murder mystery centering on a Chinese billionaire (Mihashi), actually a Japanese yakuza, who claims to be developing a tourist's paradise on the island of Oshima.

The Bride from Japan
1959 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

The Three Treasures
1959 · 3h 2m
country: Japan
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.

New Third-Class Executive
1959 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a meddling heiress and a collapsing business deal, one quiet employee steps up to set things right.

Samurai in the Office
1959 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.

Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true support where he least expects it.

Room for Let
1959 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.

Vagabond Employee: Outcry
1959 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the truth by any means necessary.

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.

Echo Mountain
1959 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
An Ishiro Honda film.

Sazae-san's Marriage
1959 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...

The Hidden Fortress
1958 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.

The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

All About Marriage
1958 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

Little Peach
1958 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair.

Oboe on the Hill
1958 · 53m
country: Japan

Teenage Sazae
1957 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

The Lower Depths
1957 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.

Schooldays
1957 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Three college friends support swimmer Okubo through family and financial troubles. Junko, a woman he helped, develops feelings for him, while a former classmate reappears. With his friends’ quiet help, Okubo regains focus and wins a major student swimming competition.

Sazae-san Sequel
1957 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957 · 1h 32m
country: France
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a unique assemblage exclusive to the Francophone market. Released by Les Films du Verseau.

Good Luck to These Two
1957 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

The Luckiest Dai
1957 · 1h 35m
country: Japan

Throne of Blood
1957 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Triumphant Song of Youth
1956 · 46m
country: Japan
Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push for an arranged marriage. Pretending to date teammate Akio to escape pressure, Natsuko soon realizes her feelings are real.

Newlywed of the First Section
1956 · 1h 26m
country: Japan

The Wicked Boy
1956 · 1h 39m
country: Japan

Rainy Night Duel
1956 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighting. He goes to work for a gangster named Joji, but when he realizes that Joji is mixed up in the slave trade, Koseki helps the police in their attempts to foil Joji.

The Maiden Courtesan
1956 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Period romantic drama.

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

No Time for Tears
1955 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic relationship with the coach's daughter Michiko, Shimamura becomes angry with the young man, lashing out at him when he disobeys instructions during a game. In turn, Michiko becomes angry with her father, who becomes increasingly depressed. When a tragedy strikes the family, Coach Shimamura begins losing control of his life, just when his family and his team need him most.

A Man Among Men
1955 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.

Godzilla
1954 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

Ghost Man
1954 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
The story follows a dysfunctional family whose daily life is thrown into chaos when an English tutor from abroad moves into their home. Her presence awakens hidden desires, jealousy, and emotional conflicts among the father, mother, and children, gradually transforming the entire household. At its heart, the film explores love, rivalry, and the longing for a new beginning.

Mako Osorubeshi
1954 · 1h 31m
country: Japan

Farewell Rabaul
1954 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.