In A Poor 19th Century Rural Japanese Village, Everyone Who Reaches The Age Of 70 Has To Climb A Nearby Mountain To Die. An Elderly Woman Is Reaching Close To Her Cut-off Age During Her Last Days With Her Family. Release: April 29, 1983 (Japan)
The Ballad Of Narayama 1983 Genres: Japanese, Drama, Family, Mystery Country: Japan Director: S... click for more
Shōhei Imamura Ken Ogata Sumiko Sakamoto Tonpei Hidari Aki Takejô Shôichi Ozawa Fujio Tokita Sanshô Shinsui Seiji Kurasaki Junko Takada Mitsuko Baishô Taiji Tonoyama Casey Takamine Nenji Kobayashi Nijiko Kiyokawa Akio Yokoyama Kaoru Shimamori Yukie Shimura Masami Okamoto

While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions. Release: August 12, 1966 (United States)
The Pornographers 1966 Genres: Japanese, Dark Comedy, Satire, Comedy, Drama Country: Japan Director: Noboru Tanaka, Shōhei Imam... click for more
Noboru Tanaka Shōhei Imamura Tadahiko Isomi Yoshihiro Yûki Shôichi Ozawa Sumiko Sakamoto Keiko Sagawa Masaomi Kondô Haruo Tanaka Ganjirô Nakamura Chôchô Miyako Kô Nishimura Ichirô Sugai Shinichi Nakano Kazuo Kitamura Asao Uchida Taiji Tonoyama Jun Hamamura Kin Sugai Sayoko Kinoshita Kayako Sono Shôzô Fukuyama

In WW2 Manchuria, A Prostitute Grows To Resent An Abusive Adjutant And Falls In Love With His Aide. Release: February 28, 1965 (Japan)
Story Of A Prostitute 1965 Genres: Japanese, Drama, Romance, War Country: Japan Director: Masami Kuzū, Midori Kuwabara, Seijun Suzuki Duration: 1h 36m Year: 1965 ... click for more
Masami Kuzū Midori Kuwabara Seijun Suzuki Tamio Kawachi Yumiko Nogawa Isao Tamagawa Shôichi Ozawa Toshio Sugiyama Daisaburô Hirata Tomiko Ishii Kotoe Hatsui Kazuko Imai Tsutomu Shimomoto Kaku Takashina Eimei Esumi Kayo Matsuo Yûzô Kiura Keisuke Noro Ichirô Kijima Masahiro Kinoshita Jûkei Fujioka

Satoko is a mistress by trade, or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. Release: January 21, 1962 (Japan)
The Temple Of Wild Geese 1962 Genres: Japanese, Drama, Romance Country: Japan Director: Eiji Nishizawa, Noriaki Yuasa, Yūz... click for more
Eiji Nishizawa Noriaki Yuasa Yūzō Kawashima Ayako Wakao Masao Mishima Isao Kimura Kuniichi Takami Ganjirô Nakamura Kyû Sazanka Mineko Yorozuyo Yoshiko Kamo Shôichi Ozawa Kô Nishimura Shinobu Araki Kôichi Katsuragi Ryônosuke Azuma Yûsaku Terashima Kin Sugai Shôzô Nanbu Seishirô Hara Ichirô Amano

A Greedy, Materialistic Family Attempts To Cover-up The Embezzlement Committed By The Son While Keeping Their Other Schemes Active. They Discover There Are Other, Equally Conniving Players Involved.
The Graceful Brute 1962 Genres: Comedy, Drama Country: Japan Director: Y Z Kawashima Duration: 1h 36m Year: 1962 Ayako Wakao, Ch Ch Miyako, Ei... click for more
Y Z Kawashima Ayako Wakao Ch Ch Miyako Eiji Funakoshi Hideo Takamatsu Hisano Yamaoka Ky Sazanka Shoichi Ozawa Y Ko Hamada Y Nosuke It

A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence and passion for their future as they get on the bus for Tsukishima and get off at Suzaki. Across the bridge they see the sign for Suzaki Paradise, a red-light district where Tsutae once wo... Read all Release: July 31, 1956 (Japan)
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Shōhei Imamura Yūzō Kawashima Michiyo Aratama Yukiko Todoroki Seizaburô Kawazu Tatsuya Mihashi Izumi Ashikawa Shinsuke Maki Noriko Katsura Fudeko Tanaka Kenjirô Uemura Kyôzô Fuyuki Shôichi Ozawa Zenji Yamada Akiko Kikuno Keiko Sumida Asako Tsuda Ikunosuke Koizumi Kôichirô Sakai Minoru Sato