With Shochiku Ofuna (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Fruits of Passion (1981)
R | 83 min | Drama
A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him.
Director: Shûji Terayama | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Illiers, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ
Votes: 1,458
2. The River Fuefuki (1960)
117 min | Drama, History, War
A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita
Votes: 348
3. Anjô-ke no butôkai (1947)
89 min | Drama
After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yumeko Aizome, Osamu Takizawa, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 403
4. Blood Is Dry (1960)
87 min | Drama
An insurance company employee threatens suicide after a massive layoff is announced by the management. The company takes advantage of his threat by turning it into an advertising campaign.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Keiji Sada, Kaneko Iwasaki, Shin'ichirô Mikami, Mari Yoshimura
Votes: 254
5. The Scent of Incense (1964)
88 min | Drama
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Mariko Okada, Takeshi Katô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eiji Okada
Votes: 87
6. Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
85 min | Crime, Drama
An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Masahiko Tsugawa, Michiko Saga, Teruyo Yamagami, Sumiko Hidaka
Votes: 261
7. Black Rose (1969)
90 min | Drama
When the enigmatic woman Ryoko (played by Mishima-discovered female impersonator Akihiro Miwa) arrives at the Black Rose Mansion to perform, not only do the gentleman patrons seem smitten ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Akihiro Miwa, Eitarô Ozawa, Masakazu Tamura, Ayako Hôshô
Votes: 232
8. Somewhere Under the Broad Sky (1954)
109 min | Drama
A family in the city of Tokyo running a liquor store overcome their impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Hideko Takamine, Akira Ishihama
Votes: 182
9. The Tattered Wings (1955)
99 min | Drama, Romance
A widow life is left in turmoil when her childhood lover returns to town, left between the decision whether to go with him and start a new life in tokyo or settle down with her kindly ... See full summary »
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi, Takahiro Tamura
Votes: 109
10. Hotaru no hikari (1938)
75 min
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Michiko Kuwano, Sanae Takasugi, Mieko Takamine, Mitsuko Higashiyama
Votes: 8
11. Konjiki yasha (1937)
115 min | Drama
An penniless orphan loses the woman he loves when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed and becomes a miser.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Daijirô Natsukawa, Hiroko Kawasaki, Sôjin Kamiyama, Shûji Sano
Votes: 42
12. The Strangers Upstairs (1961)
56 min | Comedy
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kazuya Kosaka, Kyôko Aoi, Toyo Takahashi, Masaaki Hirao
Votes: 29
13. Shorinji Kempo: Musashi Hong Kong ni arawaru (1976)
85 min | Action
Director: Hideo Nanbu | Stars: Ken Kazama, Junko Igarashi, Yung Henry Yu, Chui Meng
Votes: 10
14. Mother Country (1962)
127 min
Director: Zenzô Matsuyama | Stars: Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Tamotsu Hayakawa, Mickey Curtis
Votes: 9
15. Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)
162 min | Drama
Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Shiro and his wife Kiyoko.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Katsuo Nakamura
Votes: 141
16. Springtime (1966)
93 min
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Mori Mitsuko, Shima Iwashita, Isao Yamagata, Kuniko Miyake
17. Iikagen baka (1964)
86 min
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Hajime Hana, Shima Iwashita, Tokue Hanazawa, Kyômi Sakura
Votes: 6
18. Ballad of a Worker (1962)
102 min | Drama
After WWII, an ex-soldier and his wife spend their lives working at modest jobs to raise their son and put him through school.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chieko Baisho
Votes: 69
19. Oboroyo no onna (1936)
111 min | Drama
A woman asks her brother to speak to her son. After she's sacrificed everything for him, it seems he's going to squander it all for an idle life. Though the uncle tries to set him straight, it may already be too late.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Toshiko Iizuka, Shin Tokudaiji, Chôko Iida, Takeshi Sakamoto
Votes: 75
20. Home Diary (1938)
99 min | Drama
Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others' families, and all is well. Then the disagreements start.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Hideo Fujino, Kaoru Futaba, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura
Votes: 27
21. 18 Who Cause a Storm (1963)
108 min | Action, Crime
A shipyard worker gets an offer of free lodging in the company seaside rest house. Upon arriving there, he finds out that he also has to take care of a flock of undisciplined youngsters.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Tamotsu Hayakawa, Yoshiko Kayama, Taiji Tonoyama, Masaaki Hirao
Votes: 148
22. Okatte no hanayome (1955)
67 min
Director: Yoshirô Kawazu | Stars: Shin'ichi Himori, Teruko Kishi, Nittô Tomoko, Kazuko Yamamoto
23. Konyaku sanbagarasu (1937)
66 min | Comedy
Three jobless men start working simultaneously in a big store in Tokyo. As they get involved with the boss' daughter, and they think that they might have an affair with her, they try to ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Shinobu Aoki, Reiko Hikawa, Chôko Iida, Fumiko Katsuragi
Votes: 71
24. Kojin kojitsu (1961)
88 min
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Chikage Awashima, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 23
25. Forget Love for Now (1937)
73 min | Drama
The lives of unhappy children and women, particularly mothers, burdened by societal restrictions, prejudices and straitened economic circumstances.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Michiko Kuwano, Shûji Sano, Jun Yokoyama, Fumiko Okamura
Votes: 88
26. Soyokaze (1945)
60 min | Musical
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Akiko Futaba, Mikiko Hata, Kôichi Itô, Seiichi Katô
Votes: 10
27. Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
93 min | Drama
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Akira Ishihama, Chieko Baisho, Masahiko Tsugawa
Votes: 14
28. Kodomo no me (1956)
85 min | Drama
Director: Yoshirô Kawazu | Stars: Hiroshi Akutagawa, Chishû Ryû, Kôji Shitara, Hideko Takamine
29. Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937)
61 min
Two men who feel oppressed by their wives, yet still manage to wind their way through brothels, end up at odds with each other after a mishap at the local shops. Things are resolved most unexpectedly to humorous effect.
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Tatsuo Saitô, Fumiko Okamura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Votes: 33
30. Kinuyo no hatsukoi (1940)
82 min
Director: Hiromasa Nomura | Stars: Reikichi Kawamura, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kuniko Igawa, Yutaka Mimasu
Votes: 12
31. Chichi kaeru (1952)
46 min
Director: Manao Horiuchi | Stars: Shin Tokudaiji, Hiroshi Aoyama, Yayoi Furusato, Yôko Benisawa
32. Hotarugusa (1954)
105 min
Director: Kôjirô Sasaki | Stars: Minoru Ôki, Eiichi Sugasawara, Kô Mishima, Yukiko Shimazaki
33. Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki (1963)
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Kakuko Chino, Kan Ishii, Shima Iwashita, Yûsuke Kawazu
34. Daite chôdai (1961)
77 min
Director: Kimio Iwaki | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Teruko Hasegawa, Kyôko Izumi, Shingo Kiyokawa
35. Fuchinkan gekichin (1944)
96 min | Drama
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Chôko Iida, Masao Inoue, Reikichi Kawamura, Michiko Kuwano
36. Haru no waka kusa (1954)
106 min
Director: Kenkichi Hara | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Yumeji Tsukioka, Fujio Suga, Mitsuko Kusabue
37. Joi Kinuyo sensei (1937)
91 min
Director: Hiromasa Nomura | Stars: Mitsuko Higashiyama, Akio Isono, Shusuke Ken, Tokuji Kobayashi
38. Towering Waves (1960)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Ineko Arima, Masahiko Tsugawa, Miyuki Kuwano, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 11
39. Mother and Her Eleven Children (1966)
Reminiscences of a big peasant family where since 1925, a child comes every other year.The father is called to fight in China.A daughter is allowed to go off as a teacher. The youngest girl writes a prize poem glorifying her mother.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Sachiko Hidari, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Masakazu Tamura
Votes: 8
40. Ban kara shain (1954)
93 min
Director: Manao Horiuchi | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Jun Tatara, Chikage Awashima
41. Donguri to shiinomi (1941)
29 min | Short, Drama
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Kenji Ôyama, Kinuko Wakamizu, Norio Ôtsuka, Teruo Furuya
Votes: 14
42. Akunin shigan (1960)
83 min | Drama
In a small mining town, a young woman named Hide survives a suicide attempt while her lover dies. Blaming her for the death of his brother, Tatsuo and his gang of thugs try their best to ... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Tamura | Stars: Kayoko Honoo, Masao Mishima, Masahiko Tsugawa, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 12
43. Righteousness (1957)
91 min
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Yoshiko Kuga, Eiko Miyoshi, Keiji Sada, Masami Taura
44. The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay (1962)
90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
An undercover Japanese cop meant to operate within a gang, which deals in drugs is killed, by a sniper. The police are searching for a left-handed man as they determined the killer to be. A young detective is in charge.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Jirô Ishizaki, Hiromi Sakaki, Kyôko Aoi, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 17
45. The Spy Has Not Yet Died (1942)
119 min | Drama
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Yasumi Hara, Shin'ichi Himori, Michiyo Kogure, Mitsuko Mito
Votes: 7
46. Koko ni sachi ari - Zempen: Yuwaku no miyako (1956)
Director: Yoshiaki Banshô | Stars: Yayoi Hanabusa, Zenichi Inagawa, Chikako Kaga, Akihiko Katayama
47. Bomeiki (1955)
Drama
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Keiko Kishi, Keiji Sada, Wei Hong, Yûnosuke Itô
48. The Eve of the War (1943)
107 min | Drama
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Yasumi Hara, Michiyo Kogure, Chishû Ryû, Ryôichi Takeuchi
49. Studio wa ôsawagi (1954)
Short
Director: Toshimasa Hozumi | Stars: Akihiko Katayama, Mie Kitahara, Kô Mishima, Takeshi Sakamoto
50. The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
84 min
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Yasumi Hara, Shin'ichi Himori, Chishû Ryû, Tôru Abe
Votes: 28