Kyū Sazanka Movies

  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.0431959HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.3321963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servants son is kidnapped

    High and Low
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.11961HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

    Yojimbo
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    7.9091960HD

    Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.6581960HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

    The Bad Sleep Well
  • 1959
    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    7.61959HD

    In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...

    Fires on the Plain
  • 1961
    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    7.51961HD

    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

    The End of Summer
  • 1964
    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    7.41964HD

    A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young...

    Pale Flower
  • 1964
    Manji

    Manji

    Manji

    6.3861964HD

    The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

    Manji
  • 1956
    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You

    7.0771956HD

    A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

    I Will Buy You
  • 1962
    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.31962HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

    47 Ronin
  • 1959
    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    6.2411959HD

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...

    Odd Obsession
  • 1966
    Silence Has No Wings

    Silence Has No Wings

    Silence Has No Wings

    71966HD

    Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by...

    Silence Has No Wings
  • 1958
    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    6.81958HD

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

    Giants and Toys
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.6731960HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1956
    Darkness at Noon

    Darkness at Noon

    Darkness at Noon

    6.81956HD

    Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

    Darkness at Noon
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    6.3181962HD

    Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1958
    Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

    01958HD

    Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is...

    Chance Meeting
  • 1962
    Elegant Beast

    Elegant Beast

    Elegant Beast

    7.11962HD

    A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

    Elegant Beast
  • 1952
    Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

    Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

    Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

    01952HD

    Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

    Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil