Kanae Kobayashi Movies

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and...

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan,...

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a...

1962 Japanese movie

A thrilling detective period drama set in the streets of Edo—a world of intrigue, conspiracy, romance, and turmoil—where a thief as agile...

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

Taeko Yasuhara was spectacularly betrayed by Takada, the man she loved and trusted. She had no idea that Takada was a drug-dealing robber who had...

Depicting the lives and spirit of geisha during and after the war.

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four...