Kotoe Hatsui Movies

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.

A youth film starring Kōji Wada and Mayumi Shimizu

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

A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!

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

Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving...

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.

The Gotokuji family has a colossal amount of money. Yuri is a paid housekeeper and sent to this family. While working at the house, she finds a new...

A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings....

1962 Japanese movie