Taiji Tonoyama Movies

A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period.

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant company house to study in the city....

Minami Yoichiro is a gang member who has killed the boss of opponent clan. Before leaving Japan forever, he visits his sister's grave and becomes...

Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the wife of a railroad worker...

After seven people vanish from a train, a bumbling police detective teams up with a female college student to solve the mystery.

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

The world of secret sex performers is shown through the lives of a husband and wife team. Their manager must contend with pesky customers and a...

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

1954 Japanese movie

A TV film based on the kidnapping and murder of 4 year old Yoshinobu Murakoshi.

A man driven mad amid the ravages of war, a woman who never found true love, and an innocent young man—all drawn once again to the military...

Japanese Drama film about the female experience during the war years.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

A yakuza returning from an island journey takes a stranger’s young child under his wing as he travels, gives up the woman he loves to his...

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They...