Michiyo Kogure Movies

A yakuza returning from an island journey takes a stranger’s young child under his wing as he travels, gives up the woman he loves to his...

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

Chieko, a fifth-grader living with her father, struggles to cope with the absence of her mother. When her father's mistress decides to join the...

Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

A story about being scared of getting old.

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaka.

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

After his home gets attacked by a rival gang, underworld boss Masamichi Omatsu finds himself in a tangle of familial and criminal obligations.

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are...

Jidaigeki film from 1960