Fusatarō Ishijima Movies

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

Japanese family drama.

1962 Japanese movie

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

1961 Japanese movie

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime...

After her father gets incapacitated due to a stroke, a young girl named Sanae takes over his postal job to support her family.

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers'...

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a...

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.