Movies
- 1980
Nurse's Husband
Nurse's Husband01980HD
“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....
- 1966
Once a Rainy Day
Once a Rainy Day01966HD
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
- 1963
When Women Lie
When Women Lie71963HD
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...
- 1972
The Iron Crown
The Iron Crown5.61972HD
A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.
- 1995
A Last Note
A Last Note71995HD
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...
- 1960
The Approach of Autumn
The Approach of Autumn6.91960HD
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...
- 1961
The Last War
The Last War6.21961HD
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
- 1963
The Maid Story
The Maid Story01963HD
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...
- 1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director6.81975HD
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...
- 1982
The Go Masters
The Go Masters6.21982HD
Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely...
- 1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
The Strange Tale of Oyuki81992HD
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha...
- 1969
Heat Wave Island
Heat Wave Island61969HD
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...
- 1986
Tree Without Leaves
Tree Without Leaves7.81986HD
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...
- 1975
Kyukei no Koya
Kyukei no Koya01975HD
A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...
- 1984
The Island Closest to Heaven
The Island Closest to Heaven6.11984HD
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
- 1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
Story of a Beloved Wife71951HD
Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...
- 1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
A Woman’s Uphill Slope01960HD
Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.
- 1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
Rush to Our Sweetheart01963HD
Japanese comedy film.
- 1966
Rise Against the Sword
Rise Against the Sword6.51966HD
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...
- 1962
Seikurabe
Seikurabe01962HD
Japanese drama film.