Hiroko Machida Movies

The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a...

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of...

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she...

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

1959 Japanese movie

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man...

Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.

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.

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated...

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

Comedy drama film

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the...

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

1962 Japanese movie

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...