Hajime Izu Movies

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers...

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around...

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.