Masao Shimizu

A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.

Scout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.

The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.

During a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, despairing Yuzo and optimistic Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time.

Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.

The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm.

Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa's ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Each knows the other isn't happy, they themselves aren't happy, but they don't talk about their problems with each other, each festering in their u...

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but overr...

While revelations of his lower class past threaten his job, a school teacher fights for freedom and equality.

The story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen...