Mantarō Ushio Movies

A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.

1960 Japanese movie

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...

Seventeen years have passed since that ill-fated mother and daughter parted with tears in their eyes. The mother, unable to reveal her name, peered...

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.

1962 Japanese movie

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him...

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film...

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting...

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in...

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a...

A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the...

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...