Kanji Kawara Movies

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

A kind-hearted medical student, an ill-fated young woman, an innocent young lady in a school uniform, and a medical student whose rational beauty...

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while...

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losing his life in combat in China.

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

1962 Japanese movie

A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The company is planning to send someone to Paris for...

A youth movie depicting the love between college students.

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who...

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.