Kotoe Hatsui Movies

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!

The Gotokuji family has a colossal amount of money. Yuri is a paid housekeeper and sent to this family. While working at the house, she finds a new...

On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.

1962 Japanese movie

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's...

Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as...

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings....

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.

A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving...

1962 Japanese movie

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...