Kamatari Fujiwara Movies

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

A biographical film chronicling the life of composer Setoguchi Tōkichi (1868-1941) from his early days as a clarinetist in the Imperial Japanese...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the...

1951 Japanese movie

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

1949 drama film

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his...

1961 Japanese movie

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes...

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision...

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka...

Venice Film Festival 1939