Kenjiro Uemura Movies

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job...

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of...

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

Following the unexpected death of her father, stage actress Emi Ikushima has to navigate the pitfalls of her rising fame and her increasingly...

A realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.

1969 Nikkatsu yakuza movie

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the...

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

1967 Daiei movie.

Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group...

Set against the backdrop of Nagasaki, a love story blossoms between an unfortunate circus girl and a shipbuilding engineer.

The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of...

Romantic thriller film.