Minoru Chiaki Movies

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Hiroshi Koizumi

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

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader....

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hiroshi Koizumi

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukiyo Toake

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventure, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. The son...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Kishi

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Genre: War

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

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.

Genre: Family

Cast: Ineko Arima

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

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Cast: Ryō Ikebe

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

aka Libido.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

The life of three beautiful princesses in feudal Japan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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

A lord explores the lives of common people.

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Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Hibari Misora

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.

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Cast: Hibari Misora

Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Kubo

A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Cast: Masao Wakahara

The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Terumi Niki

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Machiko Kyō

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to...

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Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiko Saga

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ushio Akashi

Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chieko Baisho

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

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Cast: Kotaro Satomi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

Genre: Action

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

One Sunday morning, Toshio Esaki, a young dentist, wakes up in his clinic. It seems that he was drunk and spent the night in the clinic instead of...

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Cast: Yūji Hori

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Genre: Action

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situation of drug trafficking around Yokohama.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Cast: Hajime Izu

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

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Cast: Hajime Izu

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

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Cast: Kogiku Hanayagi

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Ken Takakura

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto

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

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

A biographical movie about Shinran

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Ineko Arima

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

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Cast: Mari Atsumi

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Cast: Ken Takakura

Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masako Izumi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadaharu Oh

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Don Matsugoro and his son Don Jr fight against a disgustingly reach family who tries to take over a kid's playground called Children Land.

Genre: Action

Cast: Shoichiro Akaboshi

Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma