Shinsuke Ashida Movies

Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel...

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

1962 Japanese movie

Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Captain Jim's intoxication. Only Junpei Nambu, the...

East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo.

Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground

1962 Japanese movie

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.

1950s Japanese drama.

A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage...

Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the fifth in the "Ginza Whirlwind Child (Mitsutogai)" series in which...

Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a justice of their own choice. The motives are...

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series.

The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo...

This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take...