Akitake Kōno Movies

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

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

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and...

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just...

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are...

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On...

1960 Toei film.

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu...