Daisuke Katō Movies

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By...

Part one of The Masterless 47.

In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in...

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while...

1961 Japanese movie

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and...

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Five regulars at “Maxwell,” a cabaret tucked away in the back streets of Ginza—including Chida and Numai—are once again...

1962 Japanese movie

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.