Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Japanese sex comedy film.

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

Japanese comedy film.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa