Akihiko Katayama Movies

Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama

1962 Japanese movie

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo,...

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United...

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Japanese musical.

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps.

The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin.

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional...

This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

1956 Japanese movie