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うず潮 (1964)
Character: Teacher Gunda
It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.
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幌馬車は行く (1960)
Character: N/A
A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost.
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帰郷 (1964)
Character: N/A
Moriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that her real father did not die, as everyone believes, during the revolution in Cuba, but is now living in Japan. Tomoko's mother has remarried a strict, narrow-minded university professor, whose only worry is protecting his family name from the slightest blemish.
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南海の狼火 (1960)
Character: N/A
Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.
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さすらいの賭博師 (1964)
Character: Fumiko (Wife of Sanae's late older brother)
Koji Himuro is the wandering gambler. His brother and his girlfriend were both murdered because he was determined to expose a gambling cheat. As a result, he vows to never gamble again, but in the end, his rage against cheats spurs him to action once again, with deadly consequences.
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ジャズ娘誕生 (1957)
Character: N/A
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
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西銀座駅前 (1958)
Character: N/A
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
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おしゅん捕物帖 謎の尼御殿 (1955)
Character: N/A
A samurai who slashes a young girl's mage appears in Edo, and she is never caught.
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素ッ裸の年令 (1959)
Character: Yoko
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.
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赤い蕾と白い花 (1962)
Character: N/A
A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.
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渡世一代 (1965)
Character: N/A
In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the safety of his boss, and himself came to the attention of the police. Izo embarks on a journey to escape, but in the meantime, the new rising yakuza Dojima plans to kill Iizuka...
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踏みはずした春 (1958)
Character: Тахара
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
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高原のお嬢さん (1965)
Character: Yuriko Koizumi
Kazuo Kitagawa lives on a farm on the Tateshina Plateau with his late teacher's widow and daughter, continuing his research. One day, Kazuo is attracted to the beautiful young lady who is visiting the villa when he goes out to the town…
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東京は恋する (1965)
Character: N/A
Akio Tsukaro, dreaming of working for a beauty school's flag shop one day, stayed at Bunta Tadokoro without being involved in salon art, even though he graduated from beauty school. One day, Akio saw Michiko, a beautiful girl raining in Ginza. Since then, Akio has become unforgettable with the mascot that Michiko has taken away...
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俺たちの血が許さない (1964)
Character: Bar Promoter
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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霧笛が俺を呼んでいる (1960)
Character: N/A
A sailor is stuck in the harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of his has died, reportedly from suicide. He begins to investigate the matter himself, and finds there may be more to the story...
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第3号倉庫 (1958)
Character: N/A
A musical action film that tells the story of a young saxophonist's fierce struggle against a gang of smugglers and a story of pure love, all accompanied by the sensual voice of Yuri Asakura.
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赤いハンカチ (1964)
Character: N/A
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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雨に咲く花 (1960)
Character: N/A
A song-based action drama featuring hit songs by Hiroshi Inoue about a daughter who cries over an innocent crime and a young man who bravely stands up for the truth to help her.
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雌花 (1957)
Character: N/A
A unique literary work that describes the end of a married woman who rebelled against her husband's adultery and became addicted to her own sexuality.
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賭場の牝猫 素肌の壷振り (1965)
Character: Mitsue Sakamaki
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
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若い人 (1962)
Character: N/A
Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr. Mazaki, the new mathematics teacher.
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青い芽の素顔 (1961)
Character: N/A
A pure love story that depicts the joy of loving and the bitterness of being loved in a burst of youth.
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