Kinzō Shin Movies

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt...

Cold-blooded obligations and loyalty in the gambler's world.

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the...

1962 Japanese movie

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man...

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Based on the comic by George Akiyama

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On...

A film about a juvenile delinquent who swears, yet fails, to rehabilitate.

The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on the surface of a lake before the opening credits...

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.