Ken Mitsuda Movies

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.

1962 Japanese movie

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars...

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a...

After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt...

When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all...

1962 Japanese movie

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon...

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

1956 Japanese movie

1964 Japanese movie

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces.