Junji Masuda Movies

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

1969 yakuza movie.

Battles of an average salaryman.

Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he...

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

A 1948 Japanese film.

Drunken samurai Saito Magobei lives a reckless and irresponsible life. He’s not the man to volunteer for thrilling adventures. But when Magobei...

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture.

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

1961 Japanese movie