Machiko Kitagawa Movies

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for...

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked...

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in...

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal...

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.