Mantarō Ushio Movies

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

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...

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his...

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A...

1962 Japanese movie

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a...

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him...

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

Order of Yakuza