Masaru Kodaka Movies

Japanese war film.

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped...

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much...

The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The...

The All Girl's Rugby Team try to keep their private college from falling into the hands of Yakuza and unscrupulous businessmen.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

Rumiko, the female boss from Kanto. The film is a fierce counterattack by a Yakuza woman against all men! It shows the power of a woman who fights, a...

Japanese comedy film.

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying...

Original work by Hyakken Uchida.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.