Akira Kishii Movies

A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix of sports, singing, and crime when he tries to...

The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his...

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

1954 Japanese movie

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

1948 Japanese movie

The story of "Fuun Kuroshiomaru

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

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

1945 Japanese movie

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A drowned body with strangulation marks was found by a large river, while a man stained in vermilion collapsed at the “Hisago” liquor...