Ichirō Arishima Movies

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Tadao Takashima

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A gripping historical drama that follows the explosive growth of Katsu Kaishu, the hero of the Meiji era, and the interesting human image of his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Ishihara

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

1962 Japanese movie

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tadao Takashima

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends...

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Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

1962 Japanese movie

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

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Cast: Junko Ikeuchi

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks...

Genre: Music

Cast: Izumi Yukimura

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning...

Genre: Action

Cast: Akira Takarada

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yū Fujiki

1958 Japanese movie

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Musei Tokugawa

1961 Japanese movie

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yū Fujiki

Japanese drama.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, Kurama Tengu was attacked by the...

Genre: History

Cast: Shōgo Shimada

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

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Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō I

Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, ...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Part one of The Masterless 47.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Chiemi Eri

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Genre: Music

Cast: Frankie Sakai

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Junzaburō Ban

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Keiko Awaji

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yū Fujiki

This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

Hiroo Ikeda movie

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Cast: Ichirō Izawa

Two child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When the children return the favor in foiling an attempt on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Based on the song by Mari Henmi

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Cast: Mari Henmi

Youth drama

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Cast: Yukari Ito

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Cast: Chosuke Ikariya

1964 Japanese movie

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Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II

The Goddess Venus is jealous of the beautiful human girl Psyche and blames her pet unicorn, Unico, as Psyche's source of good luck that keeps her...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Hiroya Oka

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

1980 Japanese film distributed by Shochiku.

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Cast: Teruhiko Aoi

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

Genre: Music

Cast: Yūnosuke Itō

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Love story of a working-class boy and girl.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wakako Sakai

Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroshi Inuzuka

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

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hajime Hana

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shin Saburi

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ruriko Asaoka

Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.

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Cast: Yoshie Mizutani

Second of the three Awamori-kun movies.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyū Sakamoto

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing...

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.

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Cast: Mariko Miyagi

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji

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Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Midori Hatakeyama

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

A mayoral candidate and his love child.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ichirō Arishima

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

A man aspires to be a big boss but falls in love with a beautiful woman boss.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shingo Yamashiro

A story about being scared of getting old.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aiko Mimasu

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Princess Kinuta, who has never left the palace, didn't...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.

Genre: Music

Cast: Chieko Baisho

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But...

Genre: Music

Cast: Hibari Misora

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs...

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Cast: Hibari Misora

A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets up with her right-hand man: She intends to steal...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shima Iwashita

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mari Atsumi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Keiko Sawai

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mitsuko Baisho

Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenji Sahara

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiemi Eri

Two born rivals plot a new start after a string of ups and downs.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinichi Hagimoto

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they...

Genre: Action

Cast: Michael Keith

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiemi Eri

First of three Awamori-kun movies. Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyū Sakamoto

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

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Cast: Akira Takarada

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shirō Ōsaka

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Osami Nabe

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chieko Baisho

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Akira Takarada

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

The fifth entry in the Company President Series

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daisuke Katō

Sixth entry in the Company President Series.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

The second Tora-San feature.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

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Cast: Shima Iwashita

One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with...

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Cast: Mari Amachi

Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a...

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Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

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Cast: Ichirō Arishima

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Young Guy graduates from University.

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Yuzo Kayama visits Brazil

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて　何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama...

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

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Cast: Hajime Hana