Teruo Wakatsuki Movies

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru...

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

1962 Japanese movie

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

Japanese comedy film.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called...