Haruya Katō Movies

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.

The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of...

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principled lawyer as her father confronts past...

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while...

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an...

1961 Japanese movie

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Chikako, who was living in a room at a temple affiliated with Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto while attending a women’s college, was deeply shocked when...

1962 Japanese movie

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima