Bontarō Miake Movies

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man...

Seventeen years have passed since that ill-fated mother and daughter parted with tears in their eyes. The mother, unable to reveal her name, peered...

Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

On the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in...

Depicting a family during wartime.

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan.

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

1962 Japanese movie

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

1945 Japanese movie

A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable...

The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin.