Shochiku Movies

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.

The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is...

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assa...

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investigation reveals that he and his wife were at odds o...

1962 Japanese movie

A young samurai dares to approach a castle mistress as he searches for an escaped falcon, a crime punishable by death, but escapes with his life. He i...

A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her,...

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assass...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means o...

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the...

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Jun...

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.