Kōji Shima Movies

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

1961 Japanese movie

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, she meets a...

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

1962 Japanese movie

Tu Chang (Peter Chen Ho)’s boss Yeh Kuang Lung (Liu Kei) thinks highly of him and is prepared to give him his daughter’s hand in...

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story...

A heartwarming tale of romance and thrills featuring an aging groom who discovers the potential of an exceptional racehorse hidden within an ordinary...