Masaru Kodaka Movies

The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The...

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

Japanese war film.

Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war...

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in...

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Earlier version or Prequel to Queen Bee and the School for Dragons.

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.

Japanese comedy film.

Two brothers move to their grandfather's house after their father is drafted and play war games with their new classmates.