Machiko Kyō Movies

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early...

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to ques...

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introducti...

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but...

1954 Japanese movie

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted au...

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolid...

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...

The cunning detective Kogoro Akechi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight.

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.