Machiko Kyō Movies

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is...

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

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...

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated...

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

AKA Family of Women. A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old...

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

In the ruins of postwar Osaka, performers and drifters gather in a rundown tenement known as "Geinin Mura." Osen, a kind-hearted seamstress, supports...

Pu Zhe, younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko, daughter of an aristocratic family. To the surprise of all, a deep love between...

Adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel whit the same name. It is perversely erotic relationship between a young salaryman and his teenage wife whom...

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August Moon" (1956).

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

When the hidden longing of Okaji, proprietress of a traditional restaurant, for the celebrated actor Tōjūrō Sakata finally comes to...

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...