Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Part 2 of a 2-part romance (first part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed...

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

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

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement,...

Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and...

Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections...

A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)

Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for...

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher.

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors...

A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.