Eiji Funakoshi Movies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

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...

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. He believes of her...

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

1954 Japanese movie

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the...

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with...

The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.

The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy...

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...