Nijiko Kiyokawa Movies

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

After killing the deceiver, the Masa gambler comes to Ina. There is a horse market in Ina, and the landowner Tamegoro, plans to steal the proceeds...

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

A parody of the Kabuki play about thieves, "Five Men of the White Waves".

1958 Japanese movie

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's...

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...

Japanese comedy film.

1968 Japanese movie

Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with the local samurai gentry - but not before he falls...

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the...

1940 Japanese movie

1949 Japanese film

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her...

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.

A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa.

My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest...