Daisuke Katō Movies

Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front lines, but instead are sent to the Chinese Front.

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

1958 Japanese movie

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Singer Eri stars in this modern musical.

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

Biographical film about bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi.

In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo...

1962 Japanese movie

Natsuki Shibusawa is forty-six years old and serves as the General Affairs Manager at Teito Construction. Although his integrity has allowed him to...

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

A small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and...

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.