Bontarō Miake Movies

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air...

The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase....

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

The sincere clown act performed by a master thief who infiltrates a remote island.

A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a...

A lively, energetic film featuring a cast of up-and-coming actors, depicting the worries and joys of youth, friendship, and romance.

A pair of gangsters break into a lead factory, steal gold bars, and terrorize the factory owner’s family for three terrifying hours.

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story...

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru...

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

1946 Japanese movie.

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to...

Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin,...

1959 youth comedy.