Hisaya Morishige Movies

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their...

War film by Kon Ichikawa

A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

1950s Japanese comedy.

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Sixth entry in the Company President Series.

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

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

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...