Taiji Tonoyama Movies

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

A drifting gambler named Tamegorō befriends a weary salesman and helps connect him with a nightclub hostess whose father has just been released...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

This rare silent black & white and color Super-8 footage was shot with the camera of actor Kei Sato (Hachi in the film) during the production of...

​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court...

1975 Toei movie.

Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's...

A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.

1961 Japanese movie

Nagisa Harumi had moved to Tokyo dreaming of becoming a revue star, but she couldn’t even land a job as a dancer and ended up working as a...

A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period.

Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.

A daughter of Hatamoto (high-ranked soldier) Otsuyu (Akiko Kana) and a Ronin living in Choya (cheap apartment) Shinzaburo Hagihara (Yoichi Hayashi)...

Inspector Uno and college student Yuko Nagai investigate another strange mystery.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

Fresh out of prison a manager of live sex shows decides to take his show on the road. He persuades one of his former performers to join his troupe...

A small-time thug fresh out of prison is lured back onto the path of crime and joins a gang of safe-crackers.