Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household...

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to...

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is...

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

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to ma...

Comedy of a phony doctor.

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement, witness...

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

Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist and chi...