Isao Kimura Movies

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

1967 Japanese movie

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.

1960 Toei film.

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be...

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly...

A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a Tokyo florist shop.

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student...

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to...

Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid...

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his...