Movies

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

1950 drama film

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he...

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

A 1954 film.

1962 Japanese movie

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.

1961 Japanese movie

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of the goddess Banten, the woman who heads the Banten...

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).