Movies: Ryō Ikebe

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family....

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan....

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942....

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new ...

Part one of The Masterless 47....

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers....

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo...

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his escape from the prison in order to seek her out and learn the truth, but the police give chase and he mu...

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel....

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A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair....

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political ...

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business....

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. Th...

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

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa a...

1955 Japanese movie...

An Ishiro Honda film....

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own....

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