Kyōko Kagawa Movies

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

July 1945. War‑exhausted Japan groans under the heel of a brutal military regime. Young journalist Saeki struggles to cling to a fading sense...

In 1940 Osaka, a celebrated shamisen performer lives fast as war and shifting tastes erode his fame. The daughter of a restaurant owner quietly loves...

A Japanese adaption of the story of the Prodigal Son.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

The owner of an established photo studio, collapses from illness. His son Shinta, who was raised by his divorced wife, comes home. One day, an...

Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by...

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to...

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Red Beard" (1965).

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union...

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

The latest edition of the Beautiful series, commissioned for the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which asks established and acclaimed...

A childless lawyer and his wife take in the quiet daughter of an imprisoned client, whose presence eventually creates romantic tension with the...