Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

Japanese romance film.

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Part two of two.

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Third installment of a wartime film trilogy.

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Japanese war-era film

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.