Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle...

Japanese comedy film.

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a...

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

The All Girl's Rugby Team try to keep their private college from falling into the hands of Yakuza and unscrupulous businessmen.

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.