Akitake Kōno Movies

Story of a bandit king part 2.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

1958 Toei movie.

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

A young woman's letter sent to the newspaper reveals the truth about the murder case two years ago. The first work depicting the fighting spirit of a...

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

A port town in the Hokuriku region, around the time the Meiji era was drawing to a close. Here, there was a strange custom dating back many years:...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

1960 Toei action film.

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...