Mantarō Ushio Movies

  • 1959
    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    7.61959HD

    In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...

    Fires on the Plain
  • 1959
    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    7.51959HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

    Floating Weeds
  • 1959
    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    6.21959HD

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...

    Odd Obsession
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    6.71966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1962
    Being Two Isn't Easy

    Being Two Isn't Easy

    Being Two Isn't Easy

    6.81962HD

    The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

    Being Two Isn't Easy
  • 1960
    A Woman's Testament

    A Woman's Testament

    A Woman's Testament

    5.81960HD

    The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

    A Woman's Testament
  • 1953
    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    6.61953HD

    The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...

    Brother and Sister
  • 1959
    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    7.51959HD

    In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the...

    The Most Valuable Wife
  • 1965
    Seisaku's Wife

    Seisaku's Wife

    Seisaku's Wife

    7.31965HD

    On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of...

    Seisaku's Wife
  • 1951
    Kiri no yoru no kyōfu

    Kiri no yoru no kyōfu

    Kiri no yoru no kyōfu

    01951HD

    A dead lover returns as a ghost

    Kiri no yoru no kyōfu
  • 1958
    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    6.81958HD

    Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

    Giants and Toys
  • 1938
    Five Scouts

    Five Scouts

    Five Scouts

    5.51938HD

    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...

    Five Scouts
  • 1961
    A Geisha's Diary

    A Geisha's Diary

    A Geisha's Diary

    7.21961HD

    A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

    A Geisha's Diary
  • 1951
    The Life of a Horse Trader

    The Life of a Horse Trader

    The Life of a Horse Trader

    71951HD

    The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

    The Life of a Horse Trader
  • 1942
    Horror of the Fifth Columnist

    Horror of the Fifth Columnist

    Horror of the Fifth Columnist

    01942HD

    Horror of the Fifth Columnist
  • 1964
    ホラ吹き太閤記

    ホラ吹き太閤記

    ホラ吹き太閤記

    01964HD

    ホラ吹き太閤記
  • 1962
    The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

    6.21962HD

    Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

    The Broken Commandment
  • 1960
    Afraid to Die

    Afraid to Die

    Afraid to Die

    61960HD

    On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...

    Afraid to Die
  • 1962
    Teppo Yasu no Shogai

    Teppo Yasu no Shogai

    Teppo Yasu no Shogai

    01962HD

    1962 Japanese movie

    Teppo Yasu no Shogai
  • 1956
    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    7.31956HD

    Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

    Bridge of Japan