Junji Masuda Movies

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Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...

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Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Genre: Crime

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day of the outbreak of war, the three girls meet again...

Genre: Music

Cast: Mieko Takamine

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruko Sugimura

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

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Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

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Cast: Takahiro Tamura

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Fumitake Ōmura

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.

Genre: Family

Cast: Ineko Arima

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Genre: Action

Cast: Fumitake Ōmura

Sixth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Susumu Namishima

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hibari Misora

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ken Takakura

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroshi Minami

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Mokichi Asai is a widowed father living in Nara with three daughters—Chizuru, Ayako, and Setsuko. The youngest, Setsuko, plays matchmaker for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

Famous kabuki performer Kikugoro IV performs the Lion Dance, in which a young girl is possessed by the spirit of a lion and transforms into the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Kikugorô Onoe

Fifth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Susumu Namishima

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenzo Asada

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

A 1948 Japanese film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Usami

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

Genre: History

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsuko Miura

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

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Cast: Chiezo Kataoka

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Takakura

Genre: War

Cast: Isao Kimura

Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Teiji Takahashi

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fumitake Ōmura

A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Tadao Takashima

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Toshio Kurosawa

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shinjirō Ehara

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hideko Takamine

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akiko Tamura

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Sonny Chiba

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mariko Okada

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

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Cast: Eijirō Yanagi

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tokue Hanazawa

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kappei Matsumoto

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisano Yamaoka

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

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Cast: Kinichi Shimizu

A middle-aged office worker, Masao Okada (Eiji Okada), discovers that his worsening illness is terminal cancer. Shaken and resigned, he meets a...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Eiji Okada

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

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Cast: Jo Mizuki

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

Genre: War

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

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Cast: Nobuko Otowa

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Cast: Shigeru Amachi

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Kishi

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Jo Mizuki

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hiroshi Minami

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko. Driven by his passion for capturing the truth, he...

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Cast: Frankie Sakai

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinjirō Ehara

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūji Hori

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jo Mizuki

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūji Hori

From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

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Cast: Tōjūrō Sakata IV

1969 yakuza movie.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fumiko Okamura

1960 Toei war movie.

Genre: War

Cast: Ken Takakura

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyōko Asagiri

In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his...

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Cast: Eitarō Ozawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Kogure

Battles of an average salaryman.

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Cast: Shūji Sano

Drunken samurai Saito Magobei lives a reckless and irresponsible life. He’s not the man to volunteer for thrilling adventures. But when Magobei...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba