Sōnosuke Oda Movies

A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her,...

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair...

1961 Japanese movie

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.

Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.

Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a...

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

1960 Japanese movie

The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is...

An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a...

A 16-year-old boy is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's...

Okada, who had escaped death in the duel, suffered the greatest humiliation in the presence of his beloved Fumiko, and disappeared. Mitani and Fumiko...

Comedy of a phony doctor.

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

A young composer falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy company president and flies to Paris when he learns she is studying music...