An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Kyōko Kagawa, Takeshi Katō, Yōko Tsukasa, Yoshio Tsuchiya

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 deputy ...

Genre: Adventure,Drama,History

Actors:Katsuo Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kōtarō Satomi, Kyōko Kagawa, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence ...

Genre: Drama,History

Actors:Koji Yakusho, Kyōko Kagawa, Min Tanaka, Takako Matsu, Tatsuya Nakadai

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan’s new rehabilitation centers ...

Genre: Drama

Actors:Akemi Kita, Chikage Awashima, Chisako Hara, Kyōko Kagawa, Yōsuke Natsuki

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the ...

Genre: Comedy,Drama

Actors:George Tokoro, Hisashi Igawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Masayuki Yui, Tatsuo Matsumura

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the ...

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Kyōko Kagawa, Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Takako Irie

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 ...

Genre: Crime,Drama,Mystery,Thriller

Actors:Isao Kimura, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by ...

Genre: Action,History,War

Actors:Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Yuriko Hoshi

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native ...

Genre: Adventure,Fantasy,Science Fiction

Actors:Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Jerry Itō, Ken Uehara, Kyōko Kagawa

In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...

Genre: Crime,Drama,Thriller

Actors:Kamatari Fujiwara, Kyōko Kagawa, Masayuki Mori, Takeshi Katō, Toshirō Mifune

A husband and wife’s pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Genre: Drama

Actors:Akemi Negishi, Keiju Kobayashi, Kyōko Kagawa, Setsuko Hara, Shūji Sano

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

Genre: Drama

Actors:Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Kyōko Kagawa, Yoshiaki Hanayagi

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find ...

Genre: Drama,Romance

Actors:Eitarō Ozawa, Eitarō Shindō, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Yōko Minamida

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother’s attempt to sustain her family.

Genre: Drama

Actors:Akihiko Katayama, Daisuke Katō, Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kagawa

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a ...

Genre: Drama

Actors:Chieko Murata, Hideko Takamine, Jun Negami, Kyōko Kagawa, Mitsuko Miura

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

Genre: Drama

Actors:Eijirō Yanagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Ranko Hanai, Yūji Hori