Setsuko Wakayama Movies

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...

A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest...

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...

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

War film by Kon Ichikawa

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’s the only one still single. She finds...

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the...

Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while...