Kiyoko Hirai Movies

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new...

A war propaganda film centered on the mobilization of student soldiers.

Mysterious incidents occur one after another on the express train as it plows through the dark night on the railroad tracks! The first woman is...

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

1961 Japanese movie

A youthful film filled with youth and passion, set against the backdrop of the ocean and filled with admiration for a dynamic young man and the heart...

1962 Japanese movie

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional...

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

Baseball movie.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become...

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.