Kyū Sazanka Movies

The 22nd film in the Ekimae series about shop-owners living near Akabane Station, Tokyo.

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to...

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

1961 Japanese movie

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

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...

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.