Ichirō Sugai Movies

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo...

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...

The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of...

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

1962 Japanese movie

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...

1962 Japanese movie

The young yakuza who have arrived in the city are being taught the beauty of work and the pleasure of learning by hard-working young people of the...

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.

Set in post-WWII Osaka, a young woman trapped working in a sordid lodging house run by her abusive stepfather falls for a visiting criminal in hopes...

Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible...

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayahsi) smashes a counterfeiting ring. Second in the "Ginza Whirlwind" series.

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...