Kazuo Kitamura Movies

  • 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    7.21970HD

    In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!...

    Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • 1961
    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    8.41961HD

    After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.31963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

    High and Low
  • 1979
    Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine

    7.51979HD

    A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

    Vengeance Is Mine
  • 2005
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

    6.62005HD

    Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that...

    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.7021965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

    Kwaidan
  • 2001
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    6.4892001HD

    A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
  • 1964
    Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

    7.11964HD

    The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect...

    Intentions of Murder
  • 1966
    The Pornographers

    The Pornographers

    The Pornographers

    7.31966HD

    Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady,...

    The Pornographers
  • 1964
    Yearning

    Yearning

    Yearning

    8.11964HD

    War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...

    Yearning
  • 1968
    Profound Desires of the Gods

    Profound Desires of the Gods

    Profound Desires of the Gods

    7.41968HD

    Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

    Profound Desires of the Gods
  • 1963
    The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

    7.41963HD

    A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle....

    The Insect Woman
  • 1990
    Black Rain

    Black Rain

    Black Rain

    7.51990HD

    Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic...

    Black Rain
  • 1981
    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    6.41981HD

    The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

    Why Not?
  • 1964
    Night Scandal in Japan

    Night Scandal in Japan

    Night Scandal in Japan

    01964HD

    Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the...

    Night Scandal in Japan
  • 1981
    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    6.91981HD

    A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
  • 1970
    The Militarists

    The Militarists

    The Militarists

    81970HD

    The Militarists
  • 1999
    Amateur Singing Contest

    Amateur Singing Contest

    Amateur Singing Contest

    51999HD

    Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for amateur singers along with a confused teenager...

    Amateur Singing Contest
  • 1983
    The Geisha

    The Geisha

    The Geisha

    6.41983HD

    Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it...

    The Geisha
  • 1990
    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    6.31990HD

    The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as...

    Tales of a Golden Geisha