Eijirō Tōno Movies

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of the...

After a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a...

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a Tokyo florist shop.

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social...

The Glorious Days

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high...

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and...

A heartfelt period drama that delicately portrays the joys and sorrows of a thief and the people living on the margins of society. Ihei, played by...

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...