Kikuko Hanaoka Movies

1950 Japanese movie

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

Japanese comedy film.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

Japanese comedy film.

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Japanese comedy film.