Haruyo Ichikawa Movies

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable...

1942 Japanese movie

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

Depicts the humanitarian spirit of Hospital Director Ryoūn Takamatsu, who provides care regardless of whether patients are friend or foe.

A film adaptation of the María Luz Incident from the early Meiji period that sparked widespread public debate.

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom...

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945....

Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a...

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

In Nihonbashi, a fire broke out in the Kodenma-cho prison, and the prisoners were released. With the proviso that if the prisoner does not return...

The story follows privileged college students who secretly work part-time at a beauty salon, amidst emotional and social struggles. It explores love,...

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until...