Eijirō Tōno Movies

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...

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), as he was about to...

Japanese action film.

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

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord...

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

1950 Toho film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.