Manabu Morita Movies

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the shogunate’s solid gold statue of Ieyasu...

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

1962 Japanese movie

Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.

1962 Japanese movie

Yokomizo, a police officer in the traffic police force, is looking forward to watching his son Kazuhiko grow up. However, Kazuhiko rebels against his...

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...

1967 Daiei movie.