Eijirō Tōno Movies

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by...

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as...

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko...

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...

[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even...

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...

1959 Japanese movie

International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.