Kanji Kawara Movies

A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

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

1962 Japanese movie

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her...

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who...

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

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...

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while...

1960 Japanese movie

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who...

A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The company is planning to send someone to Paris for...