Ken Uehara Movies

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

A Japanese film

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Film by Kon Ichikawa

When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the...

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom...

A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix of sports, singing, and crime when he tries to...

Weed with Flowers

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.