Movies: Kyōko Anzai

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope....

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the at...

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union unrest and betrayal from within, Ryūtarō exposes an embezzlement scheme and helps restore order. After the company...

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing ...

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

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi....

The daughter of a wealthy family goes missing at the same time a mysterious dwarf is running around town scattering body parts in public areas....

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had an affair. She loves the jailed criminals and almost sees them as family. One day at a workshop some...

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the Tokyo air raids of World War II, Zen-san, an elephant keeper at Ueno Zoo, is faced with the heartbre...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people....

The story follows privileged college students who secretly work part-time at a beauty salon, amidst emotional and social struggles. It explores love, betrayal, family pressure, and the youth’s conflict between tradition and personal freedom, amid lif...

A 1954 film....

Japanese drama film and Setsuko Miyuki's film debut....

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A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls for the now-grown princess, though neither realizes the other's identity....

A university boxing captain struggles between love and ambition as he secretly longs for a woman promised to another. When betrayal and heartbreak push him toward a professional career, loyalty and sacrifice draw him back—ending in a fight against ga...

1960 Japanese movie...

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan....

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs....

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines....