Bontarō Miake Movies

The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan.

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in...

Born into a poor farming family, Yukie left home with her only son Ryokichi, leaving her grandfather Heisaku behind, to search for her husband...

1945 Japanese movie

Newlyweds Saburo and Chieko are renting a room. The two get into a fight over something trivial.

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.

A historical drama spanning three generations, centered on the Sydney Special Attack Unit. Recommended by the Ministry of Education.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-man reconnaissance unit is dispatched to scout enemy positions in a volatile territory. After a sudden...

The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

1958 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...

A national policy film advocating for increased production of aluminum for use in aircraft materials.

Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love...

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.