Mantarō Ushio Movies

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

During the 20s in Japan, a romantic student at Tokyo's Waseda University is filled with noble sentiments absorbed from literature but his naive...

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and...

1958 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...

World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his...

1962 Japanese movie

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in...

Comedy drama film

A 1954 film.

An uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a good-natured sandwich man, set against the backdrop of the...