Keiko Itō Movies

From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses...

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man...

1961 gangster film.

1962 Japanese movie

Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase"...

A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.

Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki...

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

How did two sisters from Tsugaru survive in the big city of Tokyo? The older sister passed the nursing exam and works at a major hospital in Tokyo....

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

Depicts the boyhood days of Dr. Noguchi, world famous bacteriologist, who was born in a poor village as a farmer's son.

1962 Japanese movie

A children’s film that teaches proper baseball posture and knowledge to kids, based on the premise that a weak youth baseball team,...