Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

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

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.

1945 Japanese movie

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national...

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections