Kichijirō Ueda Movies

Comedy about a Japanese-American professor, a nuclear scientist, who returns to Japan to search for a typically subservient Japanese wife.

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves...

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

​Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named...

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter...

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

1955 Japanese movie

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

1961 Japanese movie

It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the ...