Ichirō Arishima Movies

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets up with her right-hand man: She intends to steal...

1960 Japanese movie

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was...

A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin...

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the...

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and...

Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense.

1961 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become involved in a complex murder...

A Japanese comedy based on a serialized novel by Shotaro Yasuoka.

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

1962 Japanese movie