Akira Tani Movies

Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.

Tonii is an aspiring world-class inventor who has sold off his parents’ estate and mansion and was now continuing his research in a shed tucked...

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

1964 Japanese movie

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...

1958 Japanese movie

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.

Comedy movie

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his...

1961 Japanese movie

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

1962 Japanese movie

The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while...

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

Battles of an average salaryman.