Junji Masuda Movies

The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba...

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.

A 1948 Japanese film.

1962 Japanese movie

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.

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.

1961 Japanese movie

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...

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

An Ishiro Honda Film.

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...