Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaneto Shindô, Toshinori Omi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshirô Yanagiba, Seijirô Kôyama

Hachikô monogatari is a movie starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, and Toshinori Omi. The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.

Nobuko Otowa, Kaneto Shindô, Osamu Takizawa, Masao Shimizu, Jûkichi Uno, Arata Osada

Genbaku no ko is a movie starring Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, and Masao Shimizu. Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels...

Nobuko Otowa, Kaneto Shindô, Yasutarô Yagi, Jûkichi Uno, Harold Conway, Masao Mishima

Daigo Fukuryu-Maru is a movie starring Jûkichi Uno, Nobuko Otowa, and Harold Conway. The story of a Japanese fishing boat whose crew were accidental victims of fallout from the Bikini hydrogen bomb tests.

Kaneto Shindô, Ayako Wakao, Yasuzô Masumura, Takahiro Tamura, Nobuo Chiba, Yûzô Hayakawa, Genjirô Yoshida

Seisaku no tsuma is a movie starring Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, and Nobuo Chiba. On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of...

Toshiyuki Nishida, Kaneto Shindô, Kanako Higuchi, Ken Ogata, Yûko Tanaka, Seiichi Yashiro

Hokusai manga is a movie starring Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Yûko Tanaka. The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

Machiko Kyô, Kaneto Shindô, Keiju Kobayashi, Yasuko Fujita, Emiko Yanagi, Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Itsuwareru seiso is a movie starring Machiko Kyô, Yasuko Fujita, and Keiju Kobayashi. The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

Kei Satô, Nobuko Otowa, Kaneto Shindô, Rokkô Toura, Kichiemon Nakamura

Yabu no naka no kuroneko is a movie starring Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, and Kei Satô. Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing...

Kaneto Shindô, Yûnosuke Itô, Ayako Wakao, Yûko Hamada, Yûzô Kawashima, Hisano Yamaoka

Shitoyakana kedamono is a movie starring Ayako Wakao, Yûnosuke Itô, and Hisano Yamaoka. A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They...

Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaneto Shindô, Tetsurô Tanba, Keiju Kobayashi, Ryôzô Kasahara, Yûzô Kayama

Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen is a movie starring Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, and Tetsurô Tanba. Told from the Japanese perspective, this war drama captures the events of World War II's Battle of Okinawa - a massive...

Shinobu Hashimoto, Kaneto Shindô, Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori, Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Tadashi Imai, Sumiko Hidaka

Yoru no tsuzumi is a movie starring Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, and Masayuki Mori. When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the...

Nobuko Otowa, Kaneto Shindô, Naoto Takenaka, Hideko Yoshida, Keiko Oginome

Sanmon yakusha is a movie starring Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, and Hideko Yoshida. Film inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo had worked on many occasions, with the help of archive images...

Nobuko Otowa, Hideo Kanze, Kaneto Shindô, Haruko Sugimura, Kyôko Asagiri

Gogo no Yuigon-jo is a movie starring Haruko Sugimura, Nobuko Otowa, and Hideo Kanze. Yoko is a famous actress who goes to a mountain chalet for a few days rest. There, she learns a secret from her companion Toyoko.

Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Kaneto Shindô, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto

Hadaka no shima is a movie starring Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, and Shinji Tanaka. A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

Nobuko Otowa, Kaneto Shindô, Keiju Kobayashi, Meiko Kaji, Ichirô Zaitsu

Rakuyôju is a movie starring Keiju Kobayashi, Nobuko Otowa, and Ichirô Zaitsu. Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin,...

Seijun Suzuki, Kaneto Shindô, Yûsuke Kawazu, Mitsutoshi Ishigami, Hideki Takahashi, Junko Asano, Chikako Miyagi, Takashi Suzuki

Kenka erejî is a movie starring Hideki Takahashi, Junko Asano, and Yûsuke Kawazu. During the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a Catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, the young man channels...

Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôgo Noda, Kaneto Shindô, Kuniko Miyake, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda, Mitsuko Mito, Ichirô Sugai

Waga koi wa moenu is a movie starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, and Kuniko Miyake. A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and...

Kaneto Shindô, Kyôko Kagawa, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Daisuke Itô, Takako Irie

Aru eiga-kantoku no shôgai is a movie starring Takako Irie, Daisuke Itô, and Kyôko Kagawa. A documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi.

Shintarô Katsu, Kan Shimozawa, Kaneto Shindô, Michiyo Yasuda, Kazuo Ikehiro, Kunie Tanaka, Hisashi Igawa

Zatôichi umi o wataru is a movie starring Shintarô Katsu, Michiyo Yasuda, and Kunie Tanaka. Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza...

Kaneto Shindô, Kôji Fujiyama, Tokuzô Tanaka, Shiho Fujimura, Kyôko Enami, Kôjirô Hongô

Kujira gami is a movie starring Kyôko Enami, Shiho Fujimura, and Kôji Fujiyama. A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. A Japanese variation of the "Moby Dick" story.

Kaneto Shindô, Naoto Takenaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Michiko Matsuda, Hijiri Kojima, Asami Sawaki, Ben Wada

Kanzen-naru shiiku is a movie starring Naoto Takenaka, Hijiri Kojima, and Kazuki Kitamura. Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him...