Nijiko Kiyokawa Movies

The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry from the king.

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he...

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

1961 Japanese movie

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a...

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but...

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of the goddess Banten, the woman who heads the Banten...

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus...

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

1958 Japanese movie

Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the...

1958 Toei movie

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.