Sadao Maruyama Movies

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

1945 Japanese movie

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Part two of two.

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is...

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a...

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Japanese war movie

Part one of two.

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her...