Hajime Izu Movies

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...

Film directed by Yasuki Chiba, based on the novel of the same name by Tatsuzou Ishikawa.

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers...

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

1961 Japanese movie

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss....

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while...

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

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned...