Shima Iwashita Movies

In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that...

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the...

Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for...

A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

The tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into the battle against the brutal pirates on Setouchi.

1962 Japanese movie

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.

Film by Deme Masanobu

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic...

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength as he makes his way through a succession of dubious...