Fusatarō Ishijima Movies

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and...

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura....

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

1962 Japanese movie

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

1962 Japanese movie

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Japanese family drama.