Shochiku Movies

Manao Horiuchi movie

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both i...

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki.

1962 Japanese movie

Inochi uruwashi

A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.

1953 Japanese movie

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means o...

Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and ended up fighting with the companions of the castle patro...

Tatsuo Osone movie

One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of ​​Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have co...

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

"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elder...

South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playlan...