28 Dec 1974
The Izu Dancer
While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling performers, and he tags along with them on their journeys.
Yumeji
Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.
Top Billed Cast
沢田研二 Yumeji Takehisa
原田芳雄 Wakiya
毬谷友子 Tomoyo Wakiya
宮崎萬純 Hikono
五代目 坂東玉三郎 Onshu Inamura
広田レオナ Oyo
麿赤兒 Criminal
余貴美子 Jiro
宮城千賀子 Nanny
牧口元美 Caretaker
大楠道代 Owner of a Hotel
Similar movies
The Izu Dancer The Izu Dancer Dancing Girls of Izu 
Dancing Girls of Izu 31 Mar 1954
Dancing Girls of Izu
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.
September 1923 
September 1923 01 Sep 2023
September 1923
Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.
The Scent of Incense 
The Scent of Incense 24 May 1964
The Scent of Incense
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
The Grand Master 
The Grand Master 18 Oct 1948
The Grand Master
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost for Sakata to follow his passion?
The Lights of Asakusa 
The Lights of Asakusa 02 Dec 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pretty, young Reiko is the new dancer in an infamous theatre troupe, and her fellow performers try to protect her virtue in a land of vice. Meanwhile, an ageing actor wants to be a hero off stage as well as on, and the troupe matriarch Marie has to keep them all together.
The Insect Woman 
The Insect Woman 16 Nov 1963
The Insect Woman
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
On This Earth 
On This Earth 22 Nov 1957
On This Earth
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 school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Hachiko 
Hachiko 01 Aug 1987
Hachiko
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding 
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding 28 Jun 1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
The Ode to Joy 
The Ode to Joy 17 Jun 2006
The Ode to Joy
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 07 Jul 2018
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
Father of the Milky Way Railroad 
Father of the Milky Way Railroad 05 May 2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and religion.
My Happy Marriage 
My Happy Marriage 17 Mar 2023
My Happy Marriage
An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.
One Summer's Day 
One Summer's Day 03 Jul 1999
One Summer's Day
Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding relationship between a young lad and an eccentric old man. Fifth-grader Yuta (Takuro Atsugi) is a typical city child looking forward to a summer of reading comic books and playing video games. Instead, he is bundled off to his grandparent's house on the Inland Sea. His grandfather, Yuta's parents explain, has been acting strangely as of late -- he eats the offerings in the family altar and once tried to lead attendants at a funeral in a rousing round of calisthenics. Since his mother and father are swamped with work, and his elder sister (Nana Sano) is studying for college entrance exams, Yuta has been asked to look after Grandpa. The old man takes Yuta on a tour of Onomichi, regaling him with 70 years of its history. Along the way, Grandpa slips in and out of the past, increasingly unable to discern between the two.
The Izu Dancer 
The Izu Dancer 13 May 1960
The Izu Dancer
Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.
A Man With Dragon Tattoos 
A Man With Dragon Tattoos 26 Dec 1962
A Man With Dragon Tattoos
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.
Faraway Sunset 
Faraway Sunset 04 Jul 1992
Faraway Sunset
Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 19 Oct 2018
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2
After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. However after finding out he's alive and fighting against his home land, Benio starts looking for her first love. Wondering why he didn't return and wanting to welcome him back. Hardships will happen and hearts may be broken, as he might have moved on.
Oar 
Oar 15 Jan 1985
Oar
Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.