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  • Rabble Tactics

    Rabble Tactics (1963)

    Director
    IKEHIRO Kazuo
    Cast
    KATSU Shintaro, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, FUJIMURA Shiho

    The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks...

  • When Women Lie

    When Women Lie (1963)

    Director
    MASUMURA Yasuzo, YOSHIMURA Kozaburo, KINUGASA Teinosuke
    Cast
    TAKI Eiko, Jelly FUJIO, NAKAMURA Takashi

    Episode I: Playgirl Mariko Hayashi has a way with men and her little yellow book is filled with details of prospective husbands. Yosuke Kimura, the son of a company president, tops her list. Jiro Ueno likes to be pampered by girls. Yoshiaki Yamada...

  • The Third Shadow

    The Third Shadow (1963)

    Director
    INOUE Umetsugu
    Cast
    ICHIKAWA Raizo, TAKACHIHO Hizuru, BANRI Masayo

    During the 16th century, Kyonosuke Ninomiya, the second son of a farmer-squire, lives in the mountainous province of Hida. One day, Sahyota Shinomura, the chief of staff to Lord Yasutaka lkemoto who has headquarters at Mitaya Castle, comes to enlist...

  • Masseuse vs. Geisha

    Masseuse vs. Geisha (1963)

    Director
    KIMURA Keigo
    Cast
    KANO Junko, TAKACHIHO Hizuru, KAWASAKI Keizo

    At Shutokuji Spa, masseuse and geisha are main attractions for the guests to the small resort. But while the geisha try to hold back the masseuse from the guests, the masseuses do likewise, without reserve. One day, handsome Shibata visits the hotel...

  • Medals for Gangsters

    Medals for Gangsters (1962)

    Director
    INOUE Umetsugu
    Cast
    TAMIYA Jiro, FUJIMAKI Jun, HONGO Kojiro

    Kawashima is a gang boss in the thriving city of Tokai. One night in 1948 he is assaulted by foreign hoodlums of another gang. Hide, Kawashima's right-hand man, hears of the attack in a police cell and tries to break out of the jail but is stopped by...

  • A Band of Assassins

    A Band of Assassins (1962)

    Director
    YAMAMOTO Satsuo
    Cast
    ICHIKAWA Raizo, FUJIMURA Shiho, URAJI Yoko

    In the 1570's there were many martial artists expert in the occult, including Goemon Ishikawa, grouped under two leaders, Sandayu Momochi and Nagato Fujibayashi, who lived in two different forts. General Nobunaga Oda had almost unified the country b...

  • Daddy Long Fingers

    Daddy Long Fingers (1962)

    Director
    KIMURA Keigo
    Cast
    WAKAO Ayako, YAMAMURA So, KAWASAKI Keizo

    Tokusuke, a semi-invalid is crippled with neuralgia. With time heavy on his hands, he is forced to live with memories of the days when he was still a vigorous man, and the nearness of Satsuko, his beautiful daughter-in-law, only adds fuel to the fire...

  • Being 2 Isn’t Easy

    Being 2 Isn’t Easy (1962)

    Director
    ICHIKAWA Kon
    Cast
    SUZUKI Hiroo, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, YAMAMOTO Fujiko

    I am Taro. I am one year old. I live with Papa and Mama in an apartment house. What surprises me is that they are surprised at everything I do. If I laugh, they think I am wonderful. If I take a few steps, they squeal with joy. I think it's all a li...

  • Akiko

    Akiko (1962)

    Director
    SHIMA Koji
    Cast
    KANO Junko, UTSUI Ken, ROPPONGI Masato

    Akiko lives with her brother Toshio in suburban Tokyo working in different companies. One day, Toshio loses 500,000 yen which he was holding for his section chief, and as he is unable to return the money, tries to kill himself. Akiko determines to ob...

  • The Midday Trap

    The Midday Trap (1962)

    Director
    TOMIMOTO Sokichi
    Cast
    TAMIYA Jiro, KANO Junko, TAKAMATSU Hideo

    Tokyo with its large modern buildings is filled with white-collar workers caught in the feverish rat race to climb the ladder of success. But one misstep, a few sweet stolen moments, and even the ablest of men can topple from the highest rung and bea...

  • Killer Whale

    Killer Whale (1962)

    Director
    TANAKA Tokuzo
    Cast
    KATSU Shintaro, HONGO Kojiro, FUJIMURA Shiho

    Once a year, the quiet fishing village of Wadaura in Southern Japan is in a turmoil. The whalers have always concentrated their efforts to try and catch a Killer Whale which is easily twice as large as an ordinary leviathan, and passes by in the offi...

  • Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure (1962)

    Director
    MASUMURA Yasuzo
    Cast
    WAKAO Ayako, TAMIYA Jiro, MIZUTANI Yoshie

    Some time after Masuko, once the reigning queen of a cabaret, and Asai, an automobile salesman, set up housekeeping together, she finds out that he is already married to Ryuko, the daughter of the man to whom he was indebted while still a student. I...

  • Princess and I

    Princess and I (1962)

    Director
    TANAKA Shigeo
    Cast
    HONGO Kojiro, Charito SOLIS, FUJIMAKI Jun

    Dr. Shinji Mori, a nuclear scientist, stops over in Hongkong to see a fellow scientist he'd known in the United States. On his arrival in the airport, two men wearing glasses are about to abduct him, but luckily he is rescued by a stranger. When ou...

  • Their Legacy

    Their Legacy (1962)

    Director
    YOSHIMURA Kozaburo
    Cast
    YAMAMURA So, WAKAO Ayako, KANO Junko

    Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He c...

  • Her Hidden Past

    Her Hidden Past (1962)

    Director
    MISUMI Kenji
    Cast
    ICHIKAWA Raizo, BANRI Masayo, FUNAKOSHI Eiji

    Chikara, a young pickpocket, was picked up by Sakai, a professor at the university, taken into his home and treated as one of the family. Ten years later, he has justified the professor's trust in him. But daughter Taeko has now begun to consider Ch...

  • If It Were a Dream

    If It Were a Dream (1962)

    Director
    TOMIMOTO Sokichi
    Cast
    WAKAO Ayako, KIMURA Isao, TAKAMI Kuniichi

    Sono who works for a pearl shop, goes to Kyoto on a business trip with several leisured society women. On the train she meets Motomura. Coming home from Kyoto, Sono discovers that her husband Kiyomi has been having an affair with Kyoko, her step-sist...

  • Her Devotion

    Her Devotion (1961)

    Director
    TANAKA Shigeo
    Cast
    KANO Junko, KAWASAKI Keizo, UTSUI Ken

    In the train to Tokyo, Asako becomes acquainted with Kashiwagi, a public prosecutor. The next day, Asako visits Kashiwagi at his home to ask him to help release lchijo, who is detained by the police under suspicion of dealing in opium. lchijo has a...

  • The Wife's Confession

    The Wife's Confession (1961)

    Director
    MASUMURA Yasuzo
    Cast
    WAKAO Ayako, KAWAGUCHI Hiroshi, OZAWA Eitaro

    Three mountain climbers, Ryokichi, his wife Saiko and Ryokichi's friend Koda are roped together. Suddenly, Ryokichi misses his footing and he and his wife are suspended in mid-air. Koda clings to the edge of the precipice holding the two with the ro...

  • Tough Guy

    Tough Guy (1961)

    Director
    TANAKA Tokuzo
    Cast
    KATSU Shintaro, TAMIYA Jiro, NAKAMURA Tamao

    Asakichi is a farmer's son, who delights in spending his time betting on cock fighting with his friend, Tatsukichi. He becomes intimate with a farmer's wife, who lies in telling him she is going to have his child. Then he meets Kotoito who arouses h...

  • Refresher Course for Wives

    Refresher Course for Wives (1961)

    Director
    INOUE Umetsugu
    Cast
    YAMAMOTO Fujiko, KANO Junko, ASAOKA Yukiji

    One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bore...

  • A Geisha’s Diary

    A Geisha’s Diary (1961)

    Director
    KAWASHIMA Yuzo
    Cast
    WAKAO Ayako, FUJIMAKI Jun, SAZANKA Kyu

    Some geishas have had many years of training and are accomplished women, skilled in singing, dancing or playing musical instruments, as well as composing poetry and being agreeable companions. On the other hand, there are geisha who cannot do any of...

  • A Design for Dying

    A Design for Dying (1961)

    Director
    YOSHIMURA Kozaburo
    Cast
    KYO Machiko, WAKAO Ayako, KANO Junko

    Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into pictur...

  • Last-Ditch Glory

    Last-Ditch Glory (1961)

    Director
    INOUE Umetsugu
    Cast
    HONGO Kojiro, KAWAGUCHI Hiroshi, FUJIMAKI Jun

    This is a dynamic story of five young soldiers from diverse walks of life who are thrown together in the final stages of the lmphal Operation in Burma. It is the vivid account of the fears, rivalries, and hates of ordinary men whose love of self is f...

  • All for Love

    All for Love (1961)

    Director
    MASUMURA Yasuzo
    Cast
    ICHIKAWA Raizo, WAKAO Ayako, NAKAMURA Tamao

    Yonosuke is the son of a wealthy Kyoto merchant whose only thought is how to increase his already large fortune. But the son secretly helps himself to his father's money to spend on women. Yonosuke considers women sublime, and believes that all shou...

  • Adorable Schemers

    Adorable Schemers (1961)

    Director
    KIMURA Keigo
    Cast
    NAKAMURA Tamao, KITABAYASHI Tanie, SAKURA Mutsuko

    A Girl Named Kinue Kinue works at the lsogaki Massage Service Center at a hot-spring resort not far from Tokyo where, with a number of other girls she goes to the various hotels to massage their guests. Kinue's secret is her love for her employer's...