Hatae Kishi Movies

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

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

1948 Japanese drama film.

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unparalleled. Gisuke, a weather-beaten yakuza with...

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical...