Yatsuko Tan'ami Movies

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

Genre: History

Cast: Yatsuko Tan'ami

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takashi Shimura

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mieko Takamine

The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe (and renowned director in his own right) Kaneto Shindo, this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mariko Okada

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san"...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ken Uehara

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo.

Genre: Music

Cast: Teruhiko Saigō

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sō Yamamura

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing.

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Tamasaburo Bando

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Ineko Arima

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

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Cast: Kyōko Enami

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investigation reveals that he and his wife were at odds...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

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Cast: Sumiko Fuji

Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsuo Hamada

Adaptation of novel.

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Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Norihei Miki

Akiko lives with her brother Toshio in suburban Tokyo working in different companies. One day, Toshio loses 500,000 yen which he was holding for his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Junko Kano

A death occurs during a mountain-climbing expedition.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Masako Natsume

Natsuko is witnessed carrying on an affair with her boss, Misawa, by the unmarried Chieko. However, Chieko dies by falling and is found about ten...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Aki Mizusawa

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along...

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mariko Okada

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aiko Mimasu

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

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Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi

The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Funaki

This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Heinosuke Gosho movie

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Cast: Ineko Arima

lchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive. She makes her...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Yajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school, there is a young and handsome teacher Takei who has just...

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Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

A greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Mie Hama

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Nanase, who inherited psychic powers from her father, searches for his whereabouts while working as a housekeeper.

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Cast: Chiemi Hori

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Fuyuko (Tomoko Nakajima), begins the film nine months pregnant, but doesn't deliver until her third year, to the bafflement of all around her.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomoko Nakajima

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Mie Hama

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi