Mantarō Ushio Movies

1962 Japanese movie

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...

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film...

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in...

1945 Japanese movie

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting...

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.