Kyū Sazanka Movies

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Japanese comedy film.

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

Romantic comedy.

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

1961 gangster film.

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

A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It...

Sixth entry in the Company President Series.

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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