Akira Tani Movies

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

An Ishiro Honda film.

Japanese crime film

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first...

Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict...

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

Based on the story "Actress and Poet" ("Joyu to shijin") by Minoru Nakano.

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected...