Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Japanese comedy film.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Japanese sex comedy film.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

A 1942 film.

Japanese comedy film.

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".