Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

Japanese comedy film.

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

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Japanese war film.

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.