Kyoji Sugi Movies

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...

1947 Japanese movie

Japanese comedy film.

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign...

Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight.

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.

Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise.

A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the shamed Otsuyu commits suicide with her maid. Their...

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...

World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his...

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an original scenario by Yasuo Yokoyama.

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

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.