Kin Sugai
Eyaziwa Nge: Acting
Usuku lokuzalwa: 1926-02-28
Indawo yokuzalwa: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Obeye aziwe njengo: Кин Сугай, Кин Сугаи
Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
Khulula : 1965.01.06Ukuthandwa : 11.492
Pigs and Battleships
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Khulula : 1961.01.21Ukuthandwa : 9.448
Dodes'ka-den
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...
Khulula : 1970.10.31Ukuthandwa : 6.932
High and Low
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servants son is kidnapped
Khulula : 1963.03.01Ukuthandwa : 18.208
A Woman's Life
A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
Khulula : 1963.11.16Ukuthandwa : 3.743
Police Precinct Part 14
An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The...
Khulula : 1960.06.21Ukuthandwa : 0.95
The Funeral
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...
Khulula : 1984.11.17Ukuthandwa : 4.949
Ie Naki Ko
"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick mother, has no choice but to attempt all ways to...
Khulula : 1994.12.17Ukuthandwa : 1.772
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
Khulula : 1960.11.20Ukuthandwa : 1.474
The Pornographers
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,...
Khulula : 1966.03.12Ukuthandwa : 4.584
Stolen Desire
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
Khulula : 1958.05.20Ukuthandwa : 1.914
Police Precinct Part 17
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night...
Khulula : 1961.09.13Ukuthandwa : 1.421
The Soundless Cry
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works...
Khulula : 1965.01.30Ukuthandwa : 1.367
Foundry Town
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
Khulula : 1962.04.08Ukuthandwa : 4.13
The Long Darkness
A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and...
Khulula : 1972.05.25Ukuthandwa : 3.663
Fire Festival
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Khulula : 1985.05.25Ukuthandwa : 2.904
Haru's Journey
Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.
Khulula : 2010.05.22Ukuthandwa : 2.161
This Transient Life
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an...
Khulula : 1970.08.08Ukuthandwa : 5.111
Sir Galahad in Campus
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
Khulula : 1961.07.08Ukuthandwa : 1.023
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...
Khulula : 1957.07.14Ukuthandwa : 3.755
I, the Executioner
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.
Khulula : 1968.04.13Ukuthandwa : 5.917
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...
Khulula : 1969.11.22Ukuthandwa : 1.773
Tracked
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous...
Khulula : 1985.10.26Ukuthandwa : 2.942
The Body
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
Khulula : 1962.11.08Ukuthandwa : 2.679
My Hobo
Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...
Khulula : 1962.11.23Ukuthandwa : 1.258
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than...
Khulula : 1973.05.24Ukuthandwa : 1.651
Modern Children
After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
Khulula : 1963.02.02Ukuthandwa : 1.763
Eighteen Years in Prison
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths...
Khulula : 1967.02.24Ukuthandwa : 1.6
Father
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
Khulula : 1988.04.29Ukuthandwa : 1.613
Gassan
Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for...
Khulula : 1979.10.20Ukuthandwa : 1.607
Two Hearts in the Rain
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
Khulula : 1968.03.27Ukuthandwa : 1.444
Detective
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba...
Khulula : 1964.12.05Ukuthandwa : 2.342
The Washing Machine
Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works...
Khulula : 1999.04.24Ukuthandwa : 1.452
Young Swordsman
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the...
Khulula : 1963.08.31Ukuthandwa : 2.541
幻の殺意
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
Khulula : 1971.04.15Ukuthandwa : 0.532
Sandakan No. 8
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
Khulula : 1974.11.02Ukuthandwa : 6.423
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and...
Khulula : 1971.10.01Ukuthandwa : 2.615
Yellow Tears
The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The...
Khulula : 2007.04.14Ukuthandwa : 2.513
One Summer's Day
Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding...
Khulula : 1999.07.03Ukuthandwa : 2.475
Kewaishi
Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival...
Khulula : 2002.02.09Ukuthandwa : 2.372
Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...
Khulula : 1965.04.03Ukuthandwa : 9.479
Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far...
Khulula : 1954.11.03Ukuthandwa : 22.04
The Approach of Autumn
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...
Khulula : 1960.10.01Ukuthandwa : 5.216
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...
Khulula : 1952.10.09Ukuthandwa : 16.664
The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...
Khulula : 1960.09.15Ukuthandwa : 9.385
Hachiko
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
Khulula : 1987.08.01Ukuthandwa : 12.465
A Wanderer's Notebook
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...
Khulula : 1962.09.29Ukuthandwa : 4.725
The Inheritance
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are...
Khulula : 1962.02.16Ukuthandwa : 4.76
A Scream from Nowhere
In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy...
Khulula : 1977.06.18Ukuthandwa : 3.16
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
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...
Khulula : 1961.01.28Ukuthandwa : 8.262
Run, Genta, Run!
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
Khulula : 1961.11.22Ukuthandwa : 1.749
The Woman Next Door
A 1981 TV movie based on a short story by Kuniko Mukoda, starring Kaori Momoi and Jinpachi Nezu. A housewife is slowly tempted by a mysterious man...
Khulula : 1981.05.01Ukuthandwa : 0.89
Appassionata
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first...
Khulula : 1984.01.14Ukuthandwa : 2.582
The Time of Reckoning
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems...
Khulula : 1968.06.29Ukuthandwa : 1.601
The Last Song
Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his...
Khulula : 1975.12.20Ukuthandwa : 1.629
Stakeout
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
Khulula : 1958.01.15Ukuthandwa : 1.995
An Innocent Witch
Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of...
Khulula : 1965.10.30Ukuthandwa : 2.919
Ballad of a Workman
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is...
Khulula : 1962.08.12Ukuthandwa : 1.484
The Lost Alibi
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...
Khulula : 1960.03.13Ukuthandwa : 2.015
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
A housewife whose memoir of divorce is selected becomes an editorial staff member, something she has always dreamed of. However, her divorce is a...
Khulula : 1970.01.01Ukuthandwa : 4.233
The Wolves
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...
Khulula : 1955.07.03Ukuthandwa : 2.425
Gone in the Rain
Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from...
Khulula : 1963.03.17Ukuthandwa : 1.137
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by an incurable disease.
Khulula : 1985.04.26Ukuthandwa : 1.185
Flames of Blood
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's...
Khulula : 1981.01.01Ukuthandwa : 1.665
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto...
Khulula : 1985.06.29Ukuthandwa : 1.274
Sure Death
A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed...
Khulula : 1984.06.16Ukuthandwa : 1.624
Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...
Khulula : 1957.10.23Ukuthandwa : 7.567
Sure Death 5
Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterious band of murderers wage a bloody battle against...
Khulula : 1991.12.23Ukuthandwa : 0.985
Sure Death 6
When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an...
Khulula : 1996.05.25Ukuthandwa : 1.961
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed...
Khulula : 1972.10.25Ukuthandwa : 3.149
The Sunshine Girl
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Khulula : 1963.04.18Ukuthandwa : 2.003
Sure Death 4
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in...
Khulula : 1987.06.06Ukuthandwa : 3.612
Yakuza Graveyard
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his...
Khulula : 1976.10.30Ukuthandwa : 2.188
Flower and Dragon
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two...
Khulula : 1973.03.17Ukuthandwa : 1.41
The Blossom and the Sword
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya...
Khulula : 1973.11.17Ukuthandwa : 1.823
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric...
Khulula : 1956.05.18Ukuthandwa : 15.689
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).
Khulula : 2002.10.25Ukuthandwa : 1.168
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...
Khulula : 1962.01.21Ukuthandwa : 2.638
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
Khulula : 1960.01.15Ukuthandwa : 9.346
The International Gang of Kobe
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international...
Khulula : 1975.10.14Ukuthandwa : 4.513
Cross-Currents
A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.
Khulula : 1972.09.09Ukuthandwa : 1.495
The Start of Life
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and...
Khulula : 1965.04.29Ukuthandwa : 0.847
Girls of the Night
In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is the...
Khulula : 1961.09.04Ukuthandwa : 5.862
Hissatsu shigotonin 2009
This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The...
Khulula : 2009.01.04Ukuthandwa : 1.86
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ashes. Their daughter Sachi manages to make it out...
Khulula : 2007.07.07Ukuthandwa : 1.915
Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
A highly anticipated cultural festival is less than a week away for the students of a local high school when mysterious, seemingly paranormal events...
Khulula : 1991.11.16Ukuthandwa : 1.902
I Like You!
A romantic comedy, it comically depicts a great twist of fate between a young man who leads an attractive life and a girl who was unlucky in life.
Khulula : 1990.12.15Ukuthandwa : 1.065
Shimanto River
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the...
Khulula : 1991.12.07Ukuthandwa : 1.832
Tales of a Golden Geisha
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...
Khulula : 1990.06.02Ukuthandwa : 2.727
Burden of Love
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...
Khulula : 1955.03.18Ukuthandwa : 1.168
Spring Dreams
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...
Khulula : 1960.01.03Ukuthandwa : 2.016
Sure Death! 3
Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket...
Khulula : 1986.05.24Ukuthandwa : 3.691
Piecing Me Back Together
A young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden...
Khulula : 2010.06.19Ukuthandwa : 1.386
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on...
Khulula : 1973.09.01Ukuthandwa : 3.294
My Grandma
Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the...
Khulula : 2008.12.06Ukuthandwa : 1.319
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the...
Khulula : 1991.02.09Ukuthandwa : 2.295
Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Khulula : 1969.08.13Ukuthandwa : 1.26
Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Khulula : 1979.04.21Ukuthandwa : 6.221
Willful Murder
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...
Khulula : 1981.11.07Ukuthandwa : 3.375
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his...
Khulula : 1958.09.02Ukuthandwa : 3.945
Deep River
A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.
Khulula : 1995.04.01Ukuthandwa : 1.906
The Castle of Sand
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Khulula : 1974.10.19Ukuthandwa : 7.23
City of Beasts
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutical company with a dark past, slowly but surely...
Khulula : 1970.05.23Ukuthandwa : 1.202
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's...
Khulula : 2008.07.25Ukuthandwa : 1.95
The Motive
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation...
Khulula : 2004.12.18Ukuthandwa : 3.806
Beast Alley
"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." ...
Khulula : 1965.09.05Ukuthandwa : 3.168