Toyo Takahashi Movies

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the...

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...

Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...

1963 Japanese movie

1959 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends...

Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie

Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen.

War film by Kon Ichikawa

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.