Ghost Story: Cruel PhantomFilm1964Ghost Story: Cruel PhantomHorror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.Open details →
Film★ 9.01963Ghost from the ContinentHorror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.Open details →
KaachanFilm★ 10.01961KaachanHome drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.Open details →
Film★ 8.01959Haunted CaveThe treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a curse. Yumi is surprised by the ghost of a dead sister who looks the same as the grim figure who jumped into the old well alter stabbing herself with a sword. Fearful that a similar fate awaits her, Yumi seeks the help of her friend Kyoko. Later the ghost appears before Kyoko and her fiancé, Detective Nonomiya. In a haunted cave, Kyoko and Yumi are in deadly peril from those who seek treasures of the Aoyamas.Open details →
Film1958Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's TattooThe fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The Nude Model Murder Case), directed by Tatsuo Yamada, who worked on The Golden Bugyo, and shot by Kikuzo Kawasaki. Keiko Hibino, Shigeru Amachi, Tomisaburo WakayamaOpen details →
Holiday in JapanFilm1958Holiday in JapanJapanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.Open details →
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy MarriageFilm1953Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy MarriageFourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.Open details →
Film★ 6.61953Where Chimneys Are SeenWhere Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.Open details →
Film★ 6.71948365 NightsA young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.Open details →
Film★ 10.01946Eleven High School GirlsWith his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning with youthful passion, the eleven students felt unexpectedly in each other's hearts that "this teacher will surely be our confidant," and looked at each other and nodded their heads. This was the beginning of their collective affection for the new Ms. Shiono. The school for girls is a sacred place where the hearts of hundreds of innocent girls should ferment beautifully and freely for the day when they will become wives and mothers to come. How can we abandon them in such a state? Even after the nightmarish war was over, the nightmare remained at Shuei Girls' School.Open details →
