
Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera...
Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera's old foe Gyaos...
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form....
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are...
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family - all in the...
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...
Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. He believes of her...