増村保造

O cotidiano de um bordel e os dramas particulares de suas profissionais no Japão do pós-guerra, enquanto o país discute a ilegalizaçao da prostitui...

18 de mar. de 1956

China, século XVIII. O último Imperador da dinastia T'ang faz o luto pela morte da mulher. A família Yang quer arranjar-lhe uma nova consorte, assi...

03 de mai. de 1955

Um escultor cego obcecado por uma modelo, a aprisiona em seu ateliê. Acreditando ter criado uma nova forma de arte tátil, ele e a modelo se envolve...

25 de jan. de 1969

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts...

15 de jan. de 1966

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. H...

11 de ago. de 1973

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers p...

09 de fev. de 1974

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

25 de jul. de 1964

Após se formar no colégio, Yuko Ono está pronta para deixar o interior rumo a Tóquio. Na sua primeira viagem à capital japonesa, ela finalmente con...

08 de out. de 1957

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon...

01 de out. de 1966

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of...

25 de jun. de 1965

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

29 de jul. de 1967

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence o...

29 de abr. de 1978

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

29 de abr. de 1967

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

30 de jun. de 1962

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and dece...

12 de jun. de 1976

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

22 de jun. de 1958

Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to ...

18 de out. de 1969

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled ric...

01 de dez. de 1957

22 de mar. de 1960

11 de fev. de 1959

Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.

24 de fev. de 1964

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly...

21 de mar. de 1961

Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hos...

06 de nov. de 1975

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

13 de jan. de 1963

A 16-year-old girl works in a factory to pay her late father’s debt. When she makes up her mind to become a hostess, a boy approaches her with kind...

04 de set. de 1971

A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. He falls in love with her and lures her to des...

01 de dez. de 1980

A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.

03 de out. de 1970

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodrama...

01 de out. de 1956

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insu...

01 de mai. de 1970

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confess...

29 de out. de 1961

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

12 de ago. de 1959

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The s...

15 de abr. de 1967

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, hi...

13 de mai. de 1959

A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups.

11 de nov. de 1972

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of ...

17 de mar. de 1958

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

18 de nov. de 1962

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In th...

14 de jan. de 1960

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during ...

27 de jul. de 1963

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together...

23 de jul. de 1957

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

08 de out. de 1960

Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for reveng...

09 de out. de 1982

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending he...

11 de jul. de 1970

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in a...

18 de mar. de 1965

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family busine...

24 de abr. de 1974

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determine...

28 de out. de 1967

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

14 de mar. de 1962

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

30 de mar. de 1963

A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

30 de nov. de 1968

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to ...

07 de set. de 1958

04 de nov. de 2022

A young delinquent wants to avenge his sister from a college student who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce...

14 de dez. de 1958

Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of...

01 de jun. de 1968

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story ...

24 de ago. de 1960

Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. ...

25 de dez. de 1970

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

01 de dez. de 1959

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.

28 de jun. de 1956

22 de abr. de 1972

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even lov...

04 de jun. de 1966

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build ...

31 de out. de 1964

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

27 de jan. de 1961

On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of...

30 de out. de 1968

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yas...

19 de abr. de 1969

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

17 de dez. de 1961

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

19 de jan. de 1964

Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.

24 de fev. de 1968

Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.

29 de dez. de 1954

A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop. After being paralyzed by a bullet from a detective investigating her father's crimes, a high sc...

When Ryoko, a ballerina turned disco dancer, gets entangled in a murder and a stolen 10 million yen, she must race against time to uncover the trut...

a romance drawn under the theme of "As long as human beings have love, as long as they live thoroughly for love, they will never be unhappy."