Fujiko Yamamoto Movies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this...

1962 Japanese movie

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.