Browse 10 movies from Shochiku
Nov 1959
Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother.
Dec 1997
May 1986
Film about the life of a bitter female reporter with a pure heart.
Apr 1957
A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushima, whose owner lives to bring entertaining films to the residents of his small town.
Dec 1996
In 1989, when workplace sexual harassment was rarely recognized as a legal issue in Japan, lawyer Michiko Asahi takes on an unprecedented case after office worker Megumi Uehara seeks to sue her company and supervisor over harassment that cost her her job. Despite a rookie lawyer's warning that the case has virtually no chance of success, Asahi believes their fight could change the future. Facing a legal system and society firmly rooted in conventional attitudes, the women risk their careers and reputations to challenge the status quo and make their voices heard.
Oct 2026
Aug 1959
Kemeko (Rumi Koyama), a girl who loves go-go dancing, one day encounters two men who are about to commit suicide. They are Rokuzo (Kanichi Tani), a bankrupt real estate agent, and Kyosuke (Keizo Kawasaki), a former ballet teacher. Unable to carry out their suicides because Kemeko is in the way, the two men reluctantly go with Kemeko to Kyosuke's ballet studio. When Kemeko starts dancing with the band led by Susumu (Haruo Suzuki) who are practicing there, Kyosuke recognizes her talent and decides to make her a big star. Of course, Rokuzo, who has given up on suicide, also volunteers to help promote her. A few days later, Kemeko enters a go-go competition on television and wins. Kemeko was delighted to hear that the winner would get to go to Africa.
Mar 1968
Five female university students, Katsumi (Katsuko Kanai), Kaoru (Kaoru Yumi), Itsuko (Itoko Harada), Namiko (Etsuko Nami), and Yukigi (Sanae Emi), are all residents of the same Seiwa Dormitory. One night, three close friends, Namiko, Itsuko, and Kaoru, sneak out of the dormitory, avoiding the watchful eyes of their roommate, Katsumi, and the dormitory supervisor, Ms. Aikawa (Yuriko Hime), and head out to a go-go café. Like young girls, they are hoping to find their ideal man.
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and self-interest.
Jan 1959