Ichirō Ryūzaki Movies

A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman and a doctor who devotes himself to caring for the poor....

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on...

Five regulars at “Maxwell,” a cabaret tucked away in the back streets of Ginza—including Chida and Numai—are once again...

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Backstage romance about opera singers.

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

The film takes place in Yokohama, a night city where you can revel in the neon mood. A bartender who wants to become a singer and a beautiful married...

1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi.

Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara

Sakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to...

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

1949 drama film

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period....