Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs...

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there...

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Third installment of a wartime film trilogy.

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

A 1943 film.

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this...