Time and Tide

Dream Street

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

Guys Who Never Learn

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.

To Dance with the White Dog

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for vagrancy in Shinjuku and thrown in jail. Helped by a yakuza and a prostitute, he goes on a search for Yukiko but winds up on a journey of sexual discovery.

Deeper Than Blue

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her son.

Love Letter

A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.

Tennō no Ryōriban

A biographical series about Tokuzō Akiyama, who served as the imperial cook, from his youth until he became the chief cook of the Ministry of the Imperial Household.

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.

Stray Dog

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.

The Lovable Tramp

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.

The Dump Truck Rascal

Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.

Women Can't Be Beaten

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

Free and Easy Special

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, begins to question his boss's relationship with Michiko.

Chicken Is Barefoot

A disabled child of separated parents gets caught up in police espionage due to his uncanny ability to remember license plate numbers.