Ryō Ikebe Filmes

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup...

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is...

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Period romantic drama.

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated...

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfriend's married another man. It's payback time.

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

Legendary detective returns.

1955 Japanese movie

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have...