Shin'yō Nara Movies

Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The...

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...