Modern Moneymaking

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. But she is spotted and the press has a field-day with the returning celebrity. Her hopes of rest shattered, she agrees to put on a large-scale fashion show.

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned grandfather.

At Hikari Juvenile Correctional Facility, Mickey and Keiji are the leaders. There was a new inmate named Morita. He was supposed to have a duel with Hurricane Kichi over Naomi, a woman he had left behind on the outside, so he tried to escape the very night he arrived.

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

1962 Japanese movie

Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm.

A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s honor—until a last-minute comeback restores both.

1960 Japanese movie