Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...