Cast: Yôji Misaki

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Katsuko Wakasugi · Takashi Wada · Noriko Kitazawa · Tetsurô Tanba

Synopsis The Ghosts of Kasane Swamp (1957) follows the chilling tale of a blind masseur who seeks repayment of a loan from a samurai. Enraged, the samurai takes the masseur's life and disposes of the body in the eerie Kasane swamp....

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Tetsurô Tanba · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Kusuo Abe · Sumiko Abe

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Hiroshi Ogasawara · Akemi Tsukushi · Tetsurô Tanba · Konomi Fuji

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Isamu Eto · Kazuo Hasegawa · Tatsuya Ishiguro · Taizô Fukami

Synopsis The Battle of Kwanakajima (1941) is a historical war film that unfolds during Japan's tumultuous Sengoku period, also known as the "warring states" or "civil war" era. The narrative delves into the intense conflicts and power struggles that characterized this...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Denjirô Ôkôchi · Kenichi Enomoto · Michihiko Sone · Haruo Tanaka

Direction Jirô Kawate

Cast Noboru Kiritachi · Kimie Hayashi · Eiko Higashi · Konchan Kanazawa

Direction Kyôtarô Namiki

Cast Shôji Nakayama · Junko Ebata · Shigeru Amachi · Toshio Hosokawa

Synopsis The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty (1957) is set in 1937, six months after the Sendai Infantry departed for Manchuria. A decomposed body of a young woman is discovered at the base of a well, but her face and...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Ichiro Fujiyama · Musei Tokugawa · Noboru Kiritachi · Yuriko Hanabusa

Direction Masaki Môri

Cast Nagamasa Yamada · Jôji Ôhara · Seiji Hara · Noriko Kitazawa

Direction Morihei Magatani

Cast Yôko Mihara · Bunta Sugawara · Reiko Seto · Kuniko Yamamura

Synopsis Ama no bakemono yashiki (1959) follows the story of Yumi Aoyama, a young woman who has taken up the role of an Ama, a traditional Japanese female diver, to harvest oysters, shellfish, and occasionally, pearls from the shallow waters near...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Teruko Asahi · Hiroshi Ayukawa · Naoko Kubo · Ichirô Ryûzaki

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Jûzaburô Akechi · Hiroshi Ayukawa

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kingorô Yanagiya · Ureo Egawa · Haruo Tanaka · Yataro Kurokawa

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Nobuko Otowa · Unpei Yokoyama · Tomoemon Otani · Makoto Kobori

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Keiko Hibino · Misako Uji · Kodayu Ichikawa

Synopsis Dandy Sashichi Detective Story: Six Famous Beauties (1956) follows the renowned detective Dandy Sashichi as he investigates a series of murders targeting six stunning women, orchestrated by the local impresario Ibaragiya. The narrative begins with the six beauties publicly shaming...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kingorô Yanagiya · Ureo Egawa · Akira Nakamura · Yataro Kurokawa

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Kusuo Abe · Minoru Takada · Shin Takemura

Synopsis Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957) delves into the escalation towards the Russo-Japanese conflict, offering a multifaceted perspective on the political landscape and the human cost of war. The narrative intertwines the grand political events with the personal...

Direction Masaki Môri · Kunio Watanabe

Cast Ken Uehara · Asami Kuji · Susumu Fujita · Naoko Kubo

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Jûzaburô Akechi · Hiroshi Ayukawa

Direction Shirô Toyoda

Cast Shizue Natsukawa · Ichiro Sugai · Haruko Sugimura · Yuriko Hanabusa

Synopsis Spring on Leper's Island (1940) is a poignant film directed by Shiro Toyoda, which stands out for its defiance of national policy during a time of rising militarism. The movie is adapted from the true story of a compassionate female...