Masaru Kodaka

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom...

With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in...

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his...

Earlier version or Prequel to Queen Bee and the School for Dragons.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese war film.

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of...

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war...

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying...