Eijirō Tōno Movies

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after th...

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

The Story of the three Japanese castaways Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi. After their ship the Hojunmaru was damaged, they drifted to America and lan...

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart,...

A documentary about French illustrator Georges Bigot, who lived in Japan for 17 years and left behind many drawings depicting life and social conditio...

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

1950 Toho film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Se...