Yoshiko Mita

サラリーマン一心太助

Tadashi Sawashima

Katsuo Nakamura, Yoshiko Mita

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

乾杯！ごきげん野郎

Masaharu Segawa

Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroshi Minami

A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.

街

Miyoji Ieki

Shinjirô Ehara, Yoshiko Mita

道

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Tatsuya Nakadai, Tomisaburō Wakayama

顔役

Teruo Ishii

Ken Takakura, Koji Tsuruta

魂萌え！

Junji Sakamoto

Jun Fubuki, Yoshiko Mita

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.

Revenge

Tadashi Imai

Kinnosuke Nakamura, Takahiro Tamura

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan.

武士道残酷物語

Tadashi Imai

Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

Ｗの悲劇

Shinichirô Sawai

Hiroko Yakushimaru, Masanori Sera

A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.

Samaritan Zatoichi

Kenji Misumi

Shintarō Katsu, Yoshiko Mita

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Island of Loves

Paulo Rocha

Luís Miguel Cintra, Clara Joana

This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.

山麓

Masaharu Segawa

Yoshiko Mita, Shin'ichi Chiba

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

赤穂城断絶

Kinji Fukasaku

Shin'ichi Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.

Silence

Masahiro Shinoda

Don Kenny, David Lampson

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.

燃える秋

Masaki Kobayashi

Shinsuke Ashida, Hisashi Igawa

A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer. Lecherous Saburi Shin knows what she wants, and is able to produce it for her.

利休

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.