Movies: Chikako Yuri

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without res...

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home....

A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent visits her house only to find th...

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War....

Adaptation of "The Lady Killer" by Masako Togawa....

A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya....

This is a story of "Takechiyo," the previous name of Iemitsu Tokunaga, the third Shogun (General). Takechiyo got sick of daily run-of-the-mill tasks, and it put him off being the Shogun, saying "there is no truth". Then, Hikozaemon Ookubo took him to...

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils....

One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of ​​Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have come to Kawasaki to sing Beethoven's Ninth . Aiming for the performance in December, Tokujiro undergoe...

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It depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to Kagoshima in Kyushu with Hokkaido horses....

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Japanese film based on the life of sculptor Eikichi Takahashi, who died as a soldier on Guadalcanal....

Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko....