Eiji Funakoshi Movies

1956 Daiei movie

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata...

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 biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United...

The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.

Reiko Minagawa leaves her home in Okayama to avoid an arranged marriage she doesn't want. Upon arriving in Tokyo, she calls Akira Isomura, a college...

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their...

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Taki dedicated her life to her daughter Miyoko, but they were separated by Taki's parents-in-law. Many years later, they reunite in a party, but Taki...

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

A passionate, righteous journalist, burning with indignation, draws his gun of justice in response to the death of his fellow photographer.

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of...

A melodrama in which two lovers reunite after a long journey through life.

A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.