Kō Nishimura Movies

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

A wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with an old man. They are both arrested by a detective. A year later, the gambler is...

By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the...

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayashi) uncovers a diamond smuggling operation led by a Chinese man behind the opening of the new nightclub "Monaco",...

After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder.

Based on Shinichi Mori song

A lively coming-of-age movie about the activities of Mr. Yu-chan, a teacher who helps the weak and discourages the wicked.

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking,...

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress...

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

1962 Japanese movie

A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.