Shochiku Movies

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to...

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the...

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

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

The first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for the war by the Japanese...

Japanese silent film.

A youth movie starring Miyoko Asada that depicts a cute and lovely 16 years old girl who lives a bright and refreshing life with her purity. She helps...

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumor...

Japanese drama film.

Maeda Yoichi's film adaptation of the long-running TV comedy series of the same name (1961-1967; TBS) written by Kagawa Toshio and produced by Sawada...

Every year on the fourth of January, Shobei's soba restaurant serves "Sanada Soba"; soba noodles topped with grated spicy daikon radish. Even regulars...

Melodrama about a woman refusing surgery.

A plot by an evil mastermind to eliminate the lead singer of the Japanese "Group Sounds" rock band, The Jaguars, leads the group through a series of p...

1962 Japanese movie

A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.