Kan Hayashi

Shirayuri no kaori

Eizo Tanaka

Eijirô Mori, Kan Hayashi

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

浮雲

Mikio Naruse

Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

安五郎出世

Eisuke Takizawa

Hisaya Morishige, Keiko Awaji

驟雨

Mikio Naruse

Setsuko Hara, Shūji Sano

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Operation Sewer Rats

Kihachi Okamoto

Yûzô Kayama, Makoto Satō

Во время Второй мировой войны японская армия терпит большой урон из-за китайских партизан. Рядовой Хаяси едет на новое место службы и по пути знакомится с Бякко — хитрым японским военным, возглавляющим отряд китайцев, перешедших на сторону Японии. Главный соперник Бякко — предводитель китайского партизанского движения Мусо. Помимо Хаяси на линию фронта приезжает сын японского генерала, молодой и неопытный офицер Сэки, который во время первого же задания попадает в плен. Бякко получает приказ — отыскать юношу и доставить его в штаб... Сюжет фильма «Операция "Крыса"» основан на реальных событиях.

Oh, Bomb!

Kihachi Okamoto

Yūnosuke Itō, Fubuki Koshiji

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

朝日さす前

Eizo Tanaka

Eijirô Mori, Utako Nakayama

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

暗黒街の弾痕

Kihachi Okamoto

Yûzô Kayama, Makoto Satō

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.

Nagare yuku onna

Eizo Tanaka

Eijirô Mori, Utako Nakayama

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

顔役暁に死す

Kihachi Okamoto

Yûzô Kayama, Kumi Mizuno

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)

美女と液体人間

Ishirō Honda

Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara

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

次郎長三国志　第二部　次郎長初旅

Masahiro Makino

Akio Kobori, Torazo Hirosawa

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

大学の武勇伝

Kôzô Saeki

Tadao Takashima, Akemi Tsukushi

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.