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An Autumn Afternoon
(秋刀魚の味)
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Harakiri
(切腹)
The world has never understood why the Japanese prefer death to dishonor. This winner of Prix Special du Jury at Cannes 1963 provides the answer!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Masaki Kobayashi
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarou Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Yoshio Inaba
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Assassination
(暗殺)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Tetsurō Tamba, Eiji Okada, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
(葵 徳川三代)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Creator
- Cast Kyoko Mitsubayashi, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yoshiko Tokoshima, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shima Iwashita
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Double Suicide
(心中天網島)
Jihei's schemes to buy a courtesan's freedom yield ruinous consequences for his business, family life, and reputation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1969
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yûsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Legend, or Was It?
(死闘の伝説)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Gō Katō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshi Katō, Bunta Sugawara
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
Sword of the Beast
(獣の剣)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Cast Mikijirō Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita, Kunie Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno, Toshie Kimura
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Takeshi: Childhood Days
(少年時代)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1990
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Horioka, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Noritake Kobinata, Atsuko Koyama, Shima Iwashita
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Demon
(鬼畜)
They'd be bettter off with strangers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1978
- Director Yoshitaro Nomura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Hiroki Iwase, Miyuki Yoshizawa, Jun Ishii
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Ballad of Orin
(はなれ瞽女おりん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Tomoko Naraoka, Taiji Tonoyama, Tōru Abe, Jun Hamamura, Kaoru Kobayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Kii River
(紀ノ川)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1966
- Director Noboru Nakamura
- Cast Yōko Tsukasa, Shima Iwashita, Yuki Arikawa, Chieko Higashiyama, Takahiro Tamura, Tetsurō Tamba
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
(桜の森の満開の下)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1975
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Tomisaburō Wakayama, Shima Iwashita, Hiroko Isayama, Kō Nishimura, Hideo Kanze, Yûsuke Takita
- Genre Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Silence
(沈黙 SILENCE)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1971
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Don Kenny, David Lampson, Mako, Noboru Matsuhashi, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurō Tamba
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Samurai from Nowhere
(道場破り)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Seiichirô Uchikawa
- Cast Isamu Nagato, Shima Iwashita, Chieko Baisho, Seiji Miyaguchi, Kichijirô Ueda, Nakajirô Tomita
- Genre Action, Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The River Fuefuki
(笛吹川)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Kōshirō Matsumoto, Kichiemon Nakamura, Shinji Tanaka, Shima Iwashita
- Genre War, Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Suspicion
(疑惑)
Everyone hates her, but that's no reason to call her a criminal
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1982
- Director Yoshitaro Nomura
- Cast Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Takeshi Kaga, Akira Emoto, Kyôko Maya, Kensaku Morita
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
MacArthur's Children
(瀬戸内少年野球団)
On an island in the Pacific, in a world about to change...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1984
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Takaya Yamauchi, Ken Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Omori, Shiori Sakura, Shima Iwashita, Hiromi Gô
- Genre War, Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Himiko
(卑弥呼)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari, Rentaro Mikuni, Rie Yokoyama, Jun Hamamura, Tatsumi Hijikata
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Gonza the Spearman
(鑓の権三)
Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1986
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Hiromi Gô, Shima Iwashita, Hideji Ôtaki, Kuniko Miyake, Kaori Mizushima, Misako Tanaka
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Shadow Within
(影の車)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1970
- Director Yoshitaro Nomura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Gō Katō, Mayumi Ogawa, Yûsuke Takita, Kaneko Iwasaki, Shinsuke Ashida
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Petrified Forest
(化石の森)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1973
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Kenichi Hagiwara, Shima Iwashita, Takeshi Kusaka, Sayoko Ninomiya, Haruko Sugimura, Akio Tanaka
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Rebellion of Japan
(宴)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Heinosuke Gosho
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Jin Nakayama, Takahiro Tamura, Kumi Hayase, Kyuzo Kawabe, Hiroshi Fujioka
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Red Lion
(赤毛)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1969
- Director Kihachi Okamoto
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Shima Iwashita, Etsushi Takahashi, Minori Terada, Nobuko Otowa, Yūko Mochizuki
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
(鬼龍院花子の生涯)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1982
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Masako Natsume, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurō Tamba, Akiko Kana, Emi Shindo
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Youth in Fury
(乾いた湖)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Shinichirô Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo, Kazuya Kosaka, Junichiro Yamashita, Yachiyo Otori
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Fireflies in the North
(北の螢)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1984
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Koichi Sato, Ai Saotome, Daisuke Ryû, Kunihiko Mitamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hanayome wa Yakudoshi!
(花嫁は厄年ッ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Creator
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Ryoko Shinohara, Hiroyuki Yabe
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sharaku
(写楽)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Hiroyuki Sanada, Shima Iwashita, Frankie Sakai, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Shiro Sano, Riona Hazuki
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
(雲霧仁左衛門)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1978
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Matsumoto Hakuō II, Takashi Yamaguchi, Tetsurō Tamba, Keiko Matsuzaka
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Tubi TV
Killers on Parade
(夕陽に赤い俺の顔)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1961
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Yūsuke Kawazu, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo, Fumio Watanabe, Kazuya Kosaka, Kōji Mitsui
- Genre Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle
(極道の妻たち 最後の戦い)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1990
- Director Kōsaku Yamashita
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Sho Aikawa, Rino Katase, Yuriko Ishida, Akira Hamada, Saori Iwama
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Scarlet Camellia
(五瓣の椿)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Yoshitaro Nomura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katō, Sachiko Hidari, Takahiro Tamura, Yūnosuke Itō, Shoichi Ozawa
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Ladies
(極道の妻たち)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1986
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Rino Katase, Akiko Kana, Riki Takeuchi, Kôjiro Shimizu, Shôko Ieda
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sing, Young People
(歌え若人達)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Tsutomu Matsukawa, Yūsuke Kawazu, Shinichirô Mikami, Kei Yamamoto, Shima Iwashita, Chieko Baisho
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
(新・極道の妻たち)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1991
- Director Sadao Nakajima
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Masahiro Takashima, Masahiro Kuwana, Keiko Unno, Natsuko Fuji, Emi Shindo
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spy Sorge
(スパイ・ゾルゲ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Germany • 2003
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Iain Glen, Masahiro Motoki, Kippei Shiina, Takaya Kamikawa, Shima Iwashita, Koyuki
- Genre War, History, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
(極道の妻たち 赫い絆)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Ikuo Sekimoto
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Akira Akasaka, Tomoko Mariya, Sawa Suzuki, Shin Takuma, Nagare Hagiwara
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
(新・極道の妻たち 覚悟しいや)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1993
- Director Kōsaku Yamashita
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Rino Katase, Kinya Kitaoji, Masao Kusakari, Shoji Narita, Mariko Kaga
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cherry Blossoms
(桜の樹の下で)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1989
- Director Ryuichi Takamori
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Natsumi Nanase, Hideaki Nitani, Naoko Kubo, Akiyuki Nosaka, Minori Terada
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lullaby of Death
(この子の七つのお祝いに)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1982
- Director Yasuzō Masumura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Jinpachi Nezu, Kyōko Kishida, Naoki Sugiura, Shinsuke Ashida, Hideo Murota
- Genre Mystery, Horror, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
(新・極道の妻たち 惚れたら地獄)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1994
- Director Yasuo Furuhata
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Masumi Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Konishi, Naomi Kawashima, Shinji Yamashita, Seizô Fukumoto
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5
(極道の妻たち 危険な賭け)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Sadao Nakajima
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Rino Katase, Shizuka Kudô, Ryo Ishibashi, Ryûji Harada
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
(極道の妻たち 決着)
- ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Sadao Nakajima
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Rino Katase, Kin'ya Aikawa, Kiyoshi Nakajo, Joji Abe, Tomoko Fujita
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
(必殺仕掛人 春雪仕掛針)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Masahisa Sadanaga
- Cast Ken Ogata, Yoichi Hayashi, Shima Iwashita, Sō Yamamura, Takeo Chii
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
(忠臣蔵〜その男、大石内蔵助)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Kōsei Saitō
- Cast Masakazu Tamura, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuji Tamayama, Rei Dan, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kusa Moeru
(草燃える)
- Japan • 1979
- Creator
- Cast Koji Ishizaka, Shima Iwashita, Tomiyuki Kunihiro, Hiromi Gô, Saburo Shinoda, Shinjirô Ehara
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
August Moon
(八十八夜の月)
- Japan • 1962
- Director Hirokazu Ichimura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Hizuru Takachiho, Noriko Maki, Michiyo Tamaki, Reiko Hitomi, Murasaki Fujima
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
マルゴォの杯
- Japan • 1988
- Director Kōsaku Yamashita
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Tomoko Naraoka, Renji Ishibashi, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Reina Esaki
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Day the Sun Rose
(祇園祭)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1968
- Director Tetsuya Yamanouchi
- Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirō Mifune, Shima Iwashita, Takahiro Tamura, Eitarô Ozawa, Kunie Tanaka
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Clouds at Sunset
(あかね雲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Kiyoshi Nonomura, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Sumiko Hidaka
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Portrait of Chieko
(智恵子抄)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Noboru Nakamura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Tetsurō Tamba, Mikijirō Hira, Jin Nakayama, Tetsuo Ishidate, Kaori Shima
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
(古都)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Noboru Nakamura
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Hiroyuki Nagato, Seiji Miyaguchi, Teruo Yoshida, Tamotsu Hayakawa, Eijirō Tōno
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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