Daisuke Katō Movies

When the hidden longing of Okaji, proprietress of a traditional restaurant, for the celebrated actor Tōjūrō Sakata finally comes to...

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who is assigned to crack a powerful spy...

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint,...

An Ishiro Honda film.

The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.

1962 Japanese movie

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused...

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...