Kyū Sazanka Movies

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is...

Ensemble comedy.

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

Part one of The Masterless 47.

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich...

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

A story about the nature of office workers today.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...