Hisano Yamaoka Movies

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was...

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

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

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

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

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and owner of a prosperous dry goods store....

Young gangster wannabe is framed for a murder and sent to prison.

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and...

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.

1966 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

This typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture at Hokkaido University, who takes on a conspiracy...

Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then,...