Mantarō Ushio Movies

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through...

1962 Japanese movie

On the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in...

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

During the 20s in Japan, a romantic student at Tokyo's Waseda University is filled with noble sentiments absorbed from literature but his naive...

Seventeen years have passed since that ill-fated mother and daughter parted with tears in their eyes. The mother, unable to reveal her name, peered...

World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his...

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him...

A 1954 film.

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

A counterintelligence film about an American spy who conspires to spread infectious bacteria inside a Japanese factory.

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit...

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.