Kichijirō Ueda Movies

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

A tragic love story about the heiress of the Kitakyushu Tagawa family who becomes a hostess in Osaka.

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

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

A young engineer and a pure-hearted mountain girl take on the challenges of the Akan primeval forest, where lawlessness and violence run rampant.

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his...

A realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the...

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...

The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is...

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.