Shigeru Ogura Movies

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their...

Early pinku.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

1957 crime film

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Mr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of Ryotaro Yanaka. Yoshie, the sign girl of the coffee shop,...

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

If you throw this child away