Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 19, 1932
Deathday: March 24, 2022
Popularity:
1970-01-15
Overview: Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but she wishes to marry Hiroshi, head of a jazz band which her father opposes. Kisaburo, Seijuro's No.1 disciple, wants to marry Kasumi and take over the Fujihana with the backing of the chairman of the supporters' association.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
Popularity:
1962-01-09
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
Popularity:
1959-12-26
Overview: Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-26
Popularity:
1967-03-25
Overview: The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-03-25
Popularity:
1960-11-20
Overview: Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-20
Popularity:
1958-05-20
Overview: A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-20
Popularity:
2008-06-07
Overview: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
Popularity:
1966-07-30
Overview: The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of the same name.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-30
Popularity:
1964-11-21
Overview: A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-21
Popularity:
1961-07-08
Overview: 1961 Toei comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-08
Popularity:
1969-03-15
Overview: A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-15
Popularity:
1958-01-03
Overview: A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-03
Popularity:
1959-02-11
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-11
Popularity:
1962-02-28
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-28
Popularity:
1961-12-06
Overview: A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-06
Popularity:
1968-02-14
Overview: Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-14
Popularity:
2005-08-27
Overview: Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned Saori and her mother years before. Now her father's young lover Haruhiko shows up to tell Saori that her father is dying of cancer. Still angry with her father but in need of money, Saori travels to the House of Himiko, a nursing home established by her father for gay men. Over time, a tenuous relationship begins to develop between Saori, her father, and Haruhiko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
Popularity:
1962-05-15
Overview: Comedy movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-15
Popularity:
1959-03-10
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-10
Popularity:
1962-10-06
Overview: Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-06
Popularity:
1961-02-02
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-02
Popularity:
1958-06-01
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-01
Popularity:
1960-09-13
Overview: A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-13
Popularity:
1963-12-24
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-24
Popularity:
1958-08-26
Overview: A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-26
Popularity:
1961-05-21
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-21
Popularity:
1961-09-23
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-23
Popularity:
1964-10-04
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-04
Popularity:
1971-09-15
Overview: At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-15
Popularity:
1965-04-10
Overview: This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-10
Popularity:
1959-01-09
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-09
Popularity:
1969-02-21
Overview: Pinky and Yoko are about to graduate. Full of hope and uncertainties they embark on a tale of temptation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-21
Popularity:
1966-03-05
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-05
Popularity:
1958-11-18
Overview: Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-18
Popularity:
1958-09-23
Overview: Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-23
Popularity:
1975-10-10
Overview: Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-10-10
Popularity:
1957-09-29
Overview: In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
Genres: Action Drama Crime Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-09-29
Popularity:
1962-04-04
Overview: Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-04
Popularity:
1966-06-11
Overview: Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-06-11
Popularity:
1968-01-03
Overview: A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
Popularity:
1966-11-26
Overview: Japanese youth film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-26
Popularity:
1969-10-01
Overview: A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
Popularity:
1970-12-30
Overview: Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-30
Popularity:
1957-01-03
Overview: It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-03
Popularity:
1966-03-23
Overview: Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-23
Popularity:
1980-07-26
Overview: A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-07-26
Popularity:
1955-01-03
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-03
Popularity:
1962-03-07
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
Popularity:
1969-03-29
Overview: Nobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever. One year later, Nobuko is working as a mediocre actress for TV commercials, and the five men are wearing beards and have formed a psychedelic rock band. One day, Nobuko meets Jun, who draws cartoons based on his experiences.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-29
Popularity:
1958-07-29
Overview: This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-29
Popularity:
1958-03-18
Overview: The second Tora-San feature.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-18
Popularity:
1959-06-16
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-16
Popularity:
1959-04-01
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-01
Popularity:
1958-07-22
Overview: 1958 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-22
Popularity:
1964-11-14
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-14
Popularity:
1961-01-09
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
Popularity:
1959-08-30
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-30
Popularity:
1956-02-05
Overview: Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-05
Popularity: