Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

A bizarre duel on a snowy night with a woman at stake, a sudden and brazen murder, and a thrilling chase of love and passion.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...

Is it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry...

A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and...

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese drama film.

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

School teachers responsible for the lives of their students work to evacuate Allied bombings near the end of WWII.