Masao Oda Movies

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frankie Sakai

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

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Cast: Chishū Ryū

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she...

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Cast: Yumeji Tsukioka

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūji Hori

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor.

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Cast: Yukio Hashi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kōjirō Hongō

Yajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school, there is a young and handsome teacher Takei who has just...

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Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Keiji Sada

A biographical movie about Shinran

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

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Cast: Takahiro Tamura

Dotanba - Last Minute

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while trembling!! Set in a simple rural town's post...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōji Aoyama

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Kato

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Isao Kimura

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yumi Shirakawa

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Ōki

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Tsushima

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizing they're both at a brink in their lives they'll...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Ōki

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Jirô Ishizaki

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an...

Genre: War

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Izumi Ashikawa

Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Karlheinz Böhm

Japanese drama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ineko Arima

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Comedy drama film

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūnosuke Itō

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Tsushima

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yuji Odaka

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Cast: Ryō Ikebe

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

Genre: Family

Cast: Ineko Arima

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

Japanese film.

Genre: Family

Cast: Kō Nishimura

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Suzuki

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Kuga

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroshi Minami

LEAD TOMBSTONE tracks the progress of a young sociopathic rake who had, immediately post-WW2, rescued his country farmer mother from rape by stabbing...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Masayoshi Nogami

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Nobuo Kaneko

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kotaro Satomi

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emiko Takahashi

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

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 young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the...

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Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...

Genre: History

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

Genre: History

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Japanese drama.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Tsushima

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyū Sakamoto

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

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

On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isao Sasaki

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yumeji Tsukioka

The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sumiko Hidaka

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tokue Hanazawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takao Zushi

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi...

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Cast: Shin Saburi

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

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Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Naoko Kubo