Rieko Sumi Movies

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous...

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

Motozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and spent his days playing around. One day, he walked into...

Poor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her heart and soul.

1958 Japanese movie

1959 youth comedy.

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Performing every night for an audience of male admirers, cabaret singer Yuri captures the attention of Yoshio Tsugawa, a motorcycle salesman who...