Hikaru Hoshi Movies

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honourable side of himself, and maybe some form of...

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and in...

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in...

The film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to st...

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been bapti...

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in Daie...

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the s...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notic...

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discove...

1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura

In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies.

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kil...

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.