Kingorô no omawari-san

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

With Songs in My Heart

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.

Travelling Actors

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Moonlight Mask

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Detective

The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.

The Blue Pearl

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.