Shojiro Ogasawara Movies

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shojiro Ogasawara

A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroyuki Nagato

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Cast: Bandō Jusaburō III

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

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Cast: Chieko Baisho

Focuses on the mutual antipathy of two groups of children in an Izu village.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kappei Matsumoto

An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Jūzaburō Akechi

Genre: Horror

Cast: Eiichi Ihaya

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tōru Yuri

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hibari Misora

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

Pinku from 1965.

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Cast: Masayoshi Nogami

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruyo Ichikawa

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Fumio Watanabe

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly...

Genre: History

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A beautiful hostess of a small restaurant moonlights as a well-trained assassin tasked with taking the life of a wealthy businessman...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kyōko Enami

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...

Genre: War

Cast: Takahiro Tamura

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

In this outing of Harenchi Gakuen the students undergo a health check after school, but all is not what it seems. Teacher 'Beard Godzilla' has kicked...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jō Shishido

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chōchō Miyako

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mariko Okada

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sō Yamamura

Period film from 1934.

Genre: History

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jūkichi Uno