Direction: Tomu Uchida

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Sachiko Hidari · Koji Mitsui · Yoshi Kato

Synopsis A successful businessman's murderous past comes back to haunt him when a prostitute recognizes him as a killer.

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Isao Kimura · Minoru Chiaki · Shinobu Chihara · Kogiku Hanayagi

Synopsis Jiro Sano (Chiezo Kataoka) grew up a good man, financially well set, & loved by his company's employees. But he has remained unable to find a wife, due to his facial discoloration. He sets off for Edo for a matchmaking...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Chizuru Kitagawa · Yuriko Tashiro

Synopsis A film about the misadventures of an alcoholic samurai who feels insecure about himself.

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Moku Akaboshi · Heitarô Doi · Mitsu Kanbe · Sawako Karamatsu

Synopsis One of the earliest gendai-geki films.

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Ken Takakura · Wakaba Irie · Chieko Naniwa

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Ken Takakura · Rentarô Mikuni · Kyôko Kagawa · Ineko Arima

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Kinnosuke Nakamura · Yumiko Hasegawa · Satomi Oka

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Rentarô Mikuni · Teruo Matsuyama · Hideko Okiyama

Synopsis In the retelling of the story of the legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, the story takes the wanderer into a conflict with a chain and sickle wielding adversary who cannot be taken lightly, the man's wife who is out for...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Shinjiro Ebara · Eiji Okada · Eijirô Tono · Takashi Shimura

Synopsis A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners.

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Akiko Kazami · Wakaba Irie · Isao Kimura

Synopsis First episode of the Miyamoto Musashi saga directed by Tomu Uchida. In this episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Ushio Akashi · Noriko Aoba · Hideo Ayuba · Chiyonosuke Azuma

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Eiji Nakano · Isamu Kosugi · Taisuke Matsumoto · Shinobu Araki

Synopsis This tremendously stylish gangster film, about the love-hate relationship between a cop and a criminal who were childhood friends is Uchida’s finest surviving silent film. Its taut, terse style demonstrates a Western influence typical of Japan’s late silent cinema, and...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Chikage Awashima · Hiromi Hanazono · Kensaku Hara · Ryôsuke Kagawa

Synopsis Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Tsunemi Hirose · Shizue Natsukawa

Synopsis A pre-war sports movie by director Tomu Uchida. This story is set at the Waseda-Keio regatta. This was shot at the banks of the Sumida River, where the regatta is still held today. The main stroke role of Mochizuki was...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Wakaba Irie · Isao Kimura · Chieko Naniwa

Direction Hakusan Kimura · Hidehiko Okuda · Tomu Uchida

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Isamu Kosugi · Akiko Kazami · Donguriboya · Kaichi Yamamoto

Synopsis The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. The film depicts the events of a year during the Meiji era and occurrences and actualities of the farmers of the period. The...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Yumeji Tsukioka · Mie Kitahara · Jûkichi Uno

Synopsis Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates, as the daughter and stepmother juggle for position.

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Hashizo Okawa · Michiko Saga · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Kensaku Hara

Synopsis In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white rainbow in appearance in the sky over Kyoto. The Emperor orders a famous astronomer, Yasunori, to consult a certain Chinese book of secrets...

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Shigeru Amachi · Korema Arima · Ureo Egawa · Daisuke Kato

Synopsis Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a microcosm for a group portrait of Japan. One by one, the regulars of the bar...