Ichirō Arishima Movies

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets up with her right-hand man: She intends to steal...

A light-hearted coming-of-age drama directed by Tsuneo Tabata, with the original story and screenplay by Masashige Narusawa.

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin...

1962 Japanese movie

Melodrama about high school students.

Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto) of the small-time goods dealer Kagamishimaya, is unable to even hug each other seven days after...

Chizuru, the beautiful daughter of a Kyoto restaurant owner, feels trapped by the marriage plans her mother has arranged for her. When an older...

A Japanese comedy based on a serialized novel by Shotaro Yasuoka.

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.

First of three Awamori-kun movies. Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi.

Based on the song by Mari Henmi

After marrying off one daughter, a widowed father struggles with loneliness and the changing lives of his children. While his younger daughter falls...

Isamu is a high school student who raises a pigeon at home amidst his father's opposition.

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand