Akira Tani Movies

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected...

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...

Battles of an average salaryman.

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar...

After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict...

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where...

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and...

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

1961 Japanese movie

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.