Ichirō Zaitsu Movies

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship...

Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi...

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a...

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex...

A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

Comedy of a phony doctor.

Legendary detective returns

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by...