Akihiko Katayama Movies

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become...

1945 Japanese movie

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo,...

After the death of his parents, railway worker Yuichiro Murofushi returns to his hometown and agrees to an arranged marriage at the insistence of his...

1962 Japanese movie

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

A war propaganda film centered on the mobilization of student soldiers.

Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a lover. However, she is in fact having a...

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional...

1961 Japanese movie

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps.

1962 Japanese movie

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...