Mantarō Ushio Movies

1962 Japanese movie

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

Comedy drama film

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

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

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his...

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and...

A judo movie.

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her...

Ittōsai, who trained in the Itto-ryu style deep in the mountains of Nara, joins a professional baseball team.

A comedy about newlyweds.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general.

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

A passionate young man who risks his life for love and judo and the innocent young woman who adores him face off against an evil judoka at...

1960 Japanese movie

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...

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.