Tsuneko Sudō

A painter seduces a young lady he met in Ginza on his first day off, while an innocent maid from the countryside falls in love and makes a big splash with her heroic exploits.

A heartwarming story about Kenta, an unfortunate boy searching for his father, and Sensei, the town’s hero and black belt.

A series of kidnappings is occurring right under the authorities’ noses as they desperately pursue the culprits. Could the typewritten ransom note reveal the culprit?

A woman saves a man from throwing himself into a mountain lake after being cornered by his yakuza friends.

A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is tormented by the fact that she is ruining her husband's future, and decides to divorce him as the only thing she can do for him.

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him into divorcing his wife, only for their new marriage to be destabilized by the arrival of her young niece.

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth with a teenage girl, and a daughter in her twenties who falls in love with a younger man and champions sexual liberation.

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

American Sergeant falls in love with a Japanese woman.

A unique tale of romance and action in which an escaped convict fights villains to save his comrade’s sister from danger, only to fall in battle.

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.