Mantarō Ushio Movies

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in...

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

Chieko Izumi is a reporter for the magazine "Weekly Japanese Women". She had come to Tokyo to stay with her aunt in order to escape her stubborn...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

Chieko gets married and moves from Kumamoto to Tokyo when her boyfriend Saburo, who works for the Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, is...

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through...

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...

Order of Yakuza

1958 Japanese movie

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

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

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix of sports, singing, and crime when he tries to...