The Viper Brothers 1971

The Thinking Leaf 1962

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado 1961

Japanese comedy film.

Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil 1959

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face 1959

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...

The Eleventh Hour 1957

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.

Pure-Hearted Unit 1957

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization 1956

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan

The Chop Professor 1956

Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...

Police Precinct 1956

A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habitual offender, flew to Yanagibashi using the remains as clues, and suspect a forester, but before this case was closed, a new incident using the same method occurred in Shinbashi, and this time the driver's corpse was not found.

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye 1956

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Foul Play 1955

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.

Tower of Lilies 1953

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.