Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

Japanese comedy film.

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

Japanese comedy film.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

1950 Japanese movie

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...