Fujiko Yamamoto Movies

A man and a woman whose love is forbidden due to a feud between their parents resolve to die together and head to the island of Sado.

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...

A series of murders surrounds the 70,000 ryō in buried treasure hidden by the Kanayama Magistrate.

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted...

A lighthearted comedy featuring city dwellers flocking to a remote mountain hot spring inn, all entangled in the mystery of hidden gold bars.

After helping a woman recover her wallet, which had been stolen by a pickpocket, a rough-around-the-edges young man who is a sixth-dan judo...

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks...

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima...

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

1959 Japanese movie

A romance between a young koto prodigy and the head of a koto school’s daughter.

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they...