顔で笑って / 1973

Set in a surgical hospital in Kamakura that has been in the female lineage for over 100 years, this drama depicts the daily life of a talented surgeon who is appointed director, his family, the hospital staff, and the patients.

The Ladder of Success / 1958

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top.

Hirugao / 2017

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him / 1966

Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.

The Boss / 1965

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!

Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda / 1955

A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character and courage, and who became a great commander and ruler, while some called him a great dictator. A film adaptation of the novel by Sohachi Yamaoka.

Oz Land / 20185.34 voti

Kurumi viene assunta in un hotel di alto livello, ma è invece spedita a lavorare al luna park che è collegato alla rete aziendale. Il nuovo lavoro è in campagna e non c'è molto altro da fare o posti dove andare. Il dipendente di riferimento è un certo Yoshiko. Kurumi vuole avere successo ed essere apprezzata ed è desiderosa di imparare da Yoshiko. Ma non tutto è come sembra in superficie.

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces / 2007

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region / 1960

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke Nakamura enthusiastically plays the young Jirocho from Shimizu in this chivalrous story.

Killers on Parade / 1961

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.

喜劇 男の顔は人生よ / 1971

Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke / 1990

Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who is on a never-ending quest to find the man who murdered his father. The usually aloof Muyonosuke, who never would pause to help the common man winds up befriending an orphan boy and a mysterious woman, and getting involved in a feud between two families, but finds out there is a high power behind the curtain who pulls their strings.

顔のない女 / 2001

Like Nothing Happened / 2003

A maiden work by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and the origin to his later masterpieces “Passion” (2008), the 255 minute long “Intimacies” (2012), and the 317 minute long “Happy Hour” (2015). The unusual, usual life and the ever wandering souls of 5 young men and women, captured on 8mm film.

Lady with Seven Faces / 1969

A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets up with her right-hand man: She intends to steal 500 million yen of ill-gotten money from the safe at Nitto Textiles

Big Shots Die at Dawn / 1961

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)

Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo / 2015

Like Nothing Happened / 2003

The film follows the unusual, usual life and the ever wandering souls of 5 young men and women. This short film, that was part of Hamaguchi's longer 2003 film of the same name, has since been shown and screened separately.

偉人・素顔の履歴書 / 2021

Tales of Terror: The Painted Face / 2009

Here is a school where hangs a portrait of a female whose face has been painted over. If you scratch away a portion of the whitewash, the woman actually appears to haunt and harass you. Her face is said to defy description, so horrifying in fact that one wishes for death upon seeing it. This school forms the backdrop for female teen, Yayoi Himeno, who finds herself embroiled in a terrifying mystery.