Arata Shibata Movies

A prisoner escapes from prison to find the real criminal.

A hilarious comedy where newly appointed teacher Oyae shows off her unusual plays as she fights alone against a group of five bad boys.

1961 Japanese movie

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...

Japanese comedy film.

1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.

1961 Japanese movie

In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi...

Japanese film about a juvenile delinquent who becomes a part of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's...

Okichi, a woman trapped in a criminal scheme by two con men, finds her life of deception threatened when she unexpectedly falls in love with the son...

Japanese comedy film.

1957 crime film directed by Toshio Shimura for Shintoho.