Keiju Kobayashi Movies

Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the...

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...

A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to...

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.

1961 Japanese movie

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

1958 Japanese movie

A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.