Mantarō Ushio Movies

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

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

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

A passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life...

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

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

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...

1946 Japanese movie.

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

Inspired by the "Shimoyama Incident," which caused a great stir in society in 1949, the year before its release, this masterpiece suspense film...