Masao Shimizu Movies

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

1962 Japanese movie

In a fictional mining city in northern Kanto, a Tokyo drifter named Shiro (Ishihara Yūjirō), caught in a conflict between two...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases,...

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he...

The film depicts the life of a high school student today, touching on issues of purity, sports, higher education, and employment, through the pursuit...

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging house girl who is in love with him and in the midst...

Omnibus picture, consisting of three stories.

1961 Japanese movie