Satoshi Komori

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer.

Caché derrière les rues glamour et les lumières vives de Ginza à Tokyo se cache un ventre miteux de sexe et de criminalité. La prostitution étant interdite, les gangs gèrent des entreprises de « call girl » présentées comme des entreprises légitimes. L'une de ces opérations est dirigée depuis la discothèque « Arizona ». Le détective Yoshioka est un flic infiltré d'Osaka qui travaille avec la police de Tokyo pour démêler les divers liens criminels qui lient le Japon à des groupes internationaux...

1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho.

Japanese film.

Japanese comedy film.

The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China. Army supported the production, providing all the authentic airplanes, training and actual actions. They even provided the older biplanes disguised as Chinese fighter planes. Obinata plays the trainer-turned-combat-leader, who is passionate and cool at the same time. All his boys love him, of course. The film is not as intense, full of sugar-coated camaraderie, until young pilots are killed in action one by one. Last twenty minutes are fairly grim, as the message of self-sacrifice is heard loud and clear.

Les forces expéditionnaires japonaises sont dépêchées dans divers endroits des vastes régions de la Grande Asie de l'Est afin de chasser les puissances occidentales. Le premier coup dur aux Philippines est la mort lorsque des avions de combat Nippon attaquent la base aérienne de Clark et l'aérodrome d'Iba le 8 décembre. L'histoire de la victoire japonaise à la bataille de Corregidor et du retrait précipité de l'armée américaine des îles. Le film présentait les Japonais comme des libérateurs asiatiques venus libérer les Philippins de décennies d'oppression coloniale en même temps que le sous-caporal Ikejima aidait le garçon nommé Toni qui est un jeune frère du capitaine Garcia pour marcher à nouveau après un accident de voiture.

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 to everlasting fame. Many of the gang members have become household names although their backgrounds and how they came to join the group are mostly lost in the mists of a time gone by. This is the tale of Masa, who arrived in Shimizu Port hungry and down on his luck. His adventures contain some light-hearted moments as he meets up with the other gang members and goes on to join the group and become one of their best swordsmen. A truly exciting tale starring the ever-popular Okawa Hashizo along with all-time great Okochi Denjiro.