Bontarō Miake Movies

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A...

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When...

1962 Japanese movie

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

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

1961 Japanese movie

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

1950 film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi