Tatsuyoshi Ehara

During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan lord requests that Isaburo's son marry the lord's mistress... (imdb)

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii... (imdb)

A 36 year old man, bored by everything in his life, get's smashed and unwittingly promises to write a story for a magazine. Stuck for a subject he decides to write about about his ordinary life and his dysfunctional family... to his surprise his musings become a critically acclaimed best-seller... however, in the end, he remains as uninteresting as always.

Naomi Shimizu's life is turned around when, after losing her job, boyfriend and apartment, she is forced to take a job as a bike messenger.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells the story of the interactions between a young male student from Tokyo, and a small group of travelling performers that he meets while touring the Izu Peninsula. (Wikipedia)

In this Japanese samurai adventure, a brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack. (AMG)

Musical featuring three Japanese pop stars of the time, Hibari Misora, Chiemi Eri, and Izumi Yukimura, identified as a trio by the name of "Sannin Musume." Hibari Misora, it should be noted, was the biggest recording star in Japan in the postwar era. The movie's in color and was part of the earliest wave of color movies in Japan.

Based on the comic strip of the same name, follows the day-to-day activities and adventures of Sazae Fuguta and her family.

In this Japanese romance, made in Western style and set in Europe, a college skier travels to the Swiss Alps with his professor. En route, he falls for a flight attendant. Unfortunately the romance is nipped in the bud by a visit from the skier's French girlfriend. (Sandra Brennan)

Afraid of the ultimate consequences, a married man, who is having an affair with an employee, inadvertently becomes the only person who can free an accused murderer.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

A young couple, composed of a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages.