Bontarō Miake Movies

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

1962 Japanese movie

Industrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also know in English as “Black Parking Lot”.

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Ex-war financier Kuraishi Kinnosuke is visited by a ghostly face in the middle of the night telling him to return the 5.5 million yen jewel he stole...

1962 Japanese movie

Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.

The magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.

Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man...