Movies

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

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...

A young judoka investigates the mysterious death of his best friend.

First in the Nage Utasamon series

A rakugo storyteller who makes people laugh falls in love with his master’s daughter.

Japanese drama from 1954

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

A passionate young man who risks his life for love and judo and the innocent young woman who adores him face off against an evil judoka at...

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

A musical entertainment piece centered on a traveling women’s sword-fighting troupe.

1954 Japanese movie

There are male and female students working part-time jobs in the city center while facing the harsh realities of society as they struggle to pay for...

A young swordsman takes on the mysterious, deadly “Demon Sword” wielded by a nihilistic master swordsman who trusts neither human...

A young princess is kidnapped and put on a pirate ship bound for Hokkaido and the villainous Jaguar. Her only hope is the cook and a young man who...

Moju Tsukai no Shojo is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film