Teruko Kishi Movies

  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.1611959HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.5771949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1963
    The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

    7.21963HD

    A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle....

    The Insect Woman
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    7.31966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1974
    Sandakan No. 8

    Sandakan No. 8

    Sandakan No. 8

    7.81974HD

    A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.

    Sandakan No. 8
  • 1966
    Violence at Noon

    Violence at Noon

    Violence at Noon

    6.21966HD

    Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.

    Violence at Noon
  • 1957
    A Dangerous Hero

    A Dangerous Hero

    A Dangerous Hero

    91957HD

    After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

    A Dangerous Hero
  • 1969
    The Girl I Abandoned

    The Girl I Abandoned

    The Girl I Abandoned

    91969HD

    Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is engaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president. But Yoshioka has a crisis of consence when he...

    The Girl I Abandoned
  • 1962
    Nippon no obaachan

    Nippon no obaachan

    Nippon no obaachan

    71962HD

    Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

    Nippon no obaachan
  • 1956
    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    7.81956HD

    Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

    Bridge of Japan
  • 1956
    Tears

    Tears

    Tears

    01956HD

    A young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover.

    Tears
  • 1961
    The Catch

    The Catch

    The Catch

    6.51961HD

    Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to...

    The Catch
  • 1955
    Bride in the Kitchen

    Bride in the Kitchen

    Bride in the Kitchen

    01955HD

    Bride in the Kitchen
  • 1947
    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    71947HD

    Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be...

    The Love of the Actress Sumako
  • 1951
    Fireworks Over the Sea

    Fireworks Over the Sea

    Fireworks Over the Sea

    5.41951HD

    A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

    Fireworks Over the Sea
  • 1958
    Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

    101958HD

    Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is...

    Chance Meeting
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7.51957HD

    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

    Untamed Woman
  • 1963
    A House in the Quarter

    A House in the Quarter

    A House in the Quarter

    6.41963HD

    With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to...

    A House in the Quarter
  • 1953
    Desire

    Desire

    Desire

    91953HD

    Desire
  • 1959
    The Song of the Cart

    The Song of the Cart

    The Song of the Cart

    6.91959HD

    A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

    The Song of the Cart