Katsuo Nakamura Movies

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence....

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

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

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father....

Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.

Biopic of painter Tanaka Isson

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for...

A story about the nature of office workers today.

1962 Japanese movie

The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable...

Japanese comedy film.

Juzo Kimura is a wandering Ronin with a past. 15 years later, after winding up in Edo, he becomes a sword teacher to support his wife and daughter....

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen...

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance...