Movies

A coming-of-age film.

One night, a college student is found dead, his body charred black. The victim’s girlfriend, Nobuko, vanishes right before the eyes of the...

A heartwarming tale of romance and thrills featuring an aging groom who discovers the potential of an exceptional racehorse hidden within an ordinary...

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her...

The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien...

A young woman (Kuga), recuperating at a sanitarium in Karuizawa, falls in love with a young student (Ishihama) but returns to Tokyo to be with her...

This film, which was recommended by the Ministry of Education, is based on the Malaya Campaign and the Battle of Singapore and was produced to boost...

1962 Japanese movie

A war propaganda film centered on the mobilization of student soldiers.

Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku