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

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

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.

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...

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

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Japanese comedy film.

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

1950 Japanese movie

Japanese sex comedy film.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

The last film produced by Shintoho.

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

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...