Kyū Sazanka Movies

After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict...

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

Romantic comedy.

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

Ensemble comedy.

A story about the nature of office workers today.

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

1962 Japanese movie

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

In postwar Osaka’s bustling textile district, a tough and highly rational moneylender named Katsumi builds a successful lending business in a...

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

Comedy drama film

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaka.