Toshirō Mayuzumi Movies

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the...

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

A woman marries into a family of insane psychopaths in this bizarre French horror film with strong sadomasochistic overtones.

A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his...

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

Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.

Film directed by Yasuki Chiba, based on the novel of the same name by Tatsuzou Ishikawa.

Might Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to avenge his girlfriend, who was shot by a yakuza on a...

1963 Japanese movie

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly...

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...

Kiyoshi, a struggling pianist, and Sachiko, an aspiring ballerina, harbour a faint affection for one another. However, one day, Kiyoshi is reunited...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

Shuzenji Monogatari (The Mask and Destiny) is based on a 12th-century Japanese legend. An abortive royal romance leads to an escalating series of...

The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was...