Kaneto Shindō Movies

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

Yukie is a romance story about an American veteran (Bo Swenson) of the Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse named...

This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

1962 Japanese movie

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors...

1962 Japanese movie

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...