Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

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

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot...

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her...

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings....

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

AKA Family of Women. A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old...

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.