Ichirō Tsukida

Life Begins at 61

Japanese war-era film…

Kodakara fūfu

Dancers of Awa

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance …

Shanghai Landing Party

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an und…

Beautiful Departure

A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the …

Rainbow Hill

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop cle…

The Comb of Oroku

Once a wealthy local land owner, Toranosuke has long since fallen on hard times. Social ostracism be…

Poppy

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of de…

Sun over the River

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their lov…