Kaneto Shindō Movies

Nezumi Kozō is the nickname of Nakamura Jirokichi, a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period. His exploits have been...

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...

Yukie is a romance story about an American veteran (Bo Swenson) of the Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse named...

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.

Rica wanting a fresh start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. Rica's...

Japanese drama film.

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant company house to study in the city....

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

Waiting woman

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.