Kiwako Taichi Movies

In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel -...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuo Ishidate

By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mikijiro Hira

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sen Yamamoto

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kotaro Satomi

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Daijirô Harada

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Takakura

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Go Wakabayashi

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Koji Ishizaka

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsunehiko Watase

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt...

Genre: Music

Cast: Hibari Misora

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

Genre: Action

Cast: John Bromfield

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

Film from 1967.

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Cast: Hideaki Nitani

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinichi Hagimoto

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eiji Bandō

Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

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Cast: Kotaro Satomi

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Cast: Eitarō Shindō

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

A photographer is lost in a storm and washes up on an isolated island, where he meets a vampire woman and falls in love with her.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kiwako Taichi