Kamatari Fujiwara Movies

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya...

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

Period romantic drama.

The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.