Chūji Kinoshita Movies

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

Japanese comedy film.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

A small-time thug fresh out of prison is lured back onto the path of crime and joins a gang of safe-crackers.

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one...

1961 film based on Chiyoko Matsuo's bestseller.

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. ...

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

A melodrama set in Kuroshima.

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

1963 Toei film

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.