Teruo Wakatsuki Movies

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance,...

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru...

Japanese comedy film.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

1962 Japanese movie

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...