Akihiko Katayama Movies

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and...

The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.

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

Reimagining of the Ten'ichibō Incident.

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works...

1956 Japanese movie

1945 Japanese movie

The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along with her late husband's family. On the other...

"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, Tasaka directed this 'home front' comedy-drama...

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Born into a poor farming family, Yukie left home with her only son Ryokichi, leaving her grandfather Heisaku behind, to search for her husband...