Bontarō Miake Movies

The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular....

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...

1962 Japanese movie

1958 Japanese movie

A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable...

The magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

1962 Japanese movie

Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy.

A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.

Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love...