Kōji Mitsui Movies

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic...

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

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

1962 Japanese movie

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

A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and...

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose...

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.