Shizuo Chūjō Movies

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United...

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

1962 Japanese movie

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.