Kōji Mitsui Movies

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese film.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes...

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game.

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...