Michiko Hoshi Movies

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari...

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed...

Twenty years after the father’s death and the mother and child’s separation, when they are reunited, a pistol aimed at the mother glints...

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a...

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...

1962 Japanese movie

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos,...

A prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

On the night before her wedding to her fiancé, Nakagawa, Kyoko Kagawa is spending time with her high school teacher and close friends. The...

A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS...

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu.

A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.