Ranko Hanai Movies

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new...

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...

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

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

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast...

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,...

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword...