Masao Shimizu

A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. ...

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed “Sanjuro.” In ...

In a hastily produced first-sequel to the classic “Gojira”, two pilots race back to Japan to inform the government that two giants ...

In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up ...

A samurai performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. The warrior falls in love with her, but becomes distraught ...

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in ...

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.

After Japan’s loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold ...

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many ...

Yukie, the well-bred daughter of a university professor, is shocked when her father is relieved of his post for his political teachings, and even ...