A salaryman’s drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life’s story.

Genre: Comedy,Drama

Actors:Akemi Kita, Akihiko Hirata, Eijirō Tōno, Jerry Itō, Keiju Kobayashi, Michino Yokoyama, Michiyo Aratama, Nami Tamura, Tadao Nakamaru, Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. ...

Genre: Action,Drama

Actors:Ichirō Nakatani, Kei Satō, Kō Nishimura, Kunie Tanaka, Michiyo Aratama, Tadao Nakamaru, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune, Yōko Naitō, Yūzō Kayama

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of ...

Genre: Action,Drama,History

Actors:Eijirō Tōno, Haruko Sugimura, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Nami Tamura, Tadao Nakamaru, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Toshirō Mifune, Yūnosuke Itō

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning “ghost story,” this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai ...

Genre: Drama,Fantasy,Horror

Actors:Fumie Kitahara, Kappei Matsumoto, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Kenzō Tanaka, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Otome Tsukimiya, Ranko Akagi, Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Ieda

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old ...

Genre: Drama,History,War

Actors:Chishū Ryū, Keijirō Morozumi, Koji Kiyomura, Kyôko Kishida, Michiyo Aratama, Reiko Hitomi, Taketoshi Naitō, Tamao Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yūsuke Kawazu

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an ...

Genre: Drama

Actors:Chieko Naniwa, Daisuke Katō, Haruko Sugimura, Hisaya Morishige, Keiju Kobayashi, Masahiko Shimazu, Michiyo Aratama, Reiko Dan, Setsuko Hara, Yōko Tsukasa

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 ...

Genre: Drama,History,War

Actors:Jun Tatara, Kan Yanagiya, Kei Satō, Kenjiro Uemura, Kokinji Katsura, Kunie Tanaka, Michirō Minami, Michiyo Aratama, Ryōhei Uchida, Tatsuya Nakadai

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in ...

Genre: Drama,History,War

Actors:Akira Ishihama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Kōji Nanbara, Masao Mishima, Michiyo Aratama, Seiji Miyaguchi, Sō Yamamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tōru Abe