Fusatarō Ishijima Movies

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura....

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and...

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

Japanese family drama.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

1962 Japanese movie

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

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.