Michiko Ikuno Movies

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits,...

Tatsuo Osone movie

Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Japanese romantic comedy film.

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.

1945 Japanese movie

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the...