Hajime Izu Movies

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the...

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love...

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers...

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.