Movies: Fusatarō Ishijima

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business....

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickl...

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa a...

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a youn...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war ....

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy....

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople....

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A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki......

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Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto....

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two f...

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Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business....

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan...

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'....

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case....

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A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from ente...

Japanese family drama....