Ken Uehara Movies

The night in Ginza was shimmering with neon lights. A grand celebration was being held for the seventh anniversary of the club "Ayako." Among the...

1947 Japanese movie

Naomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive at a film company (Ken Uehara), that he was going to...

A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada...

In this sequel to Three Dolls in College, the three friends continue their adventures and get into a rockabilly club in Ginza.

A boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his eyes set on becoming an eagle.

Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class,...

Film by Kon Ichikawa