Bontarō Miake Movies

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A...

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...

1962 Japanese movie

The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin.

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

1961 Japanese movie

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he...

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is...

1957 Japanese movie

A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the...

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

1962 Japanese movie

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.