Kō Nishimura Movies

By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the...

A horse-riding samurai fights villains.

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).

After returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home.

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

The story follows Tomoko, a writer who becomes involved in a strange and distant relationship with Shingo, a married novelist. Though they haven't...

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother...

This remake of the classic film features the addition of Chiba Shinichi and Natsuyagi Isao as political intrigue reigns supreme. Tadanaga, the...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

In Hokkaido, Kunigama. Reiko (Akagi) met Katsura, on a quiet and lonely late autumn evening, before the harsh and fierce winter was to come. Reiko...

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...

1962 Japanese movie

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of...