Shochiku Movies

Japanese comedy film.

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the ‘64 To...

Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. J...

Based on the German TV series "Der letzte Bulle."

Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse in R...

1950 Japanese movie

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy...

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and...

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

1962 Japanese movie

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.