Movies: Chōchō Miyako

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, pro...

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police....

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead ...

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved....

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa....

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa....

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him....

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode ev...

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage....

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Futari dake no toride...

Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series....

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill....

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy....

Japanese youth film....

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was....

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana set...

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period....

1955 Japanese movie...

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride....