Junji Masuda Movies

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

1969 yakuza movie.

In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

The Chase after Opium Dealers

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group...

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the...

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

1960 Toei war movie.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Battles of an average salaryman.

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

1961 Japanese movie