Mantarō Ushio Movies

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

A judo movie.

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

1946 Japanese movie.

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her...