Movies

A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy...

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City,...

Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces IV: All Gathered at Shimizu Harbor is the forth installment in the Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces series.

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By...

After a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a...

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in...

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

1962 Japanese movie

A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.

The Chakkari and Ukkarai families live in a modest residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Tokyo. Both husbands are ordinary office workers at...

1962 Japanese movie

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

An Ishiro Honda film.

A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate pressure, romantic entanglements, and a...

Part one of The Masterless 47.