Shochiku Movies

An early Japanese film

1961 Japanese movie

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizing they're both at a brink in their lives they'll...

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not e...

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is arres...

Hiroshi (Ishizaka),the second son of Nippon Automobile president Tsuda (Ozawa),comes to the company's speed test track every day and drives his car...

1962 Japanese movie

The story of a beautiful model from the flesh-pots of Tokyo.

Set against the background of a giant newspaper company. A girl reporter on the staff of the newspaper witnesses the accidental killing of one of the...

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day...

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

Japanese war movie.

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.