Terue Shoji

Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Masami Shimojō

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Masami Shimojō

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)

The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Koyuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Maki Horikita  •  Shota Sometani

The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Koyuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Maki Horikita  •  Shota Sometani

Honokaa Boy (2009)

Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Sanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Jun Hasegawa  •  Masaki Okada

Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Sanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Jun Hasegawa  •  Masaki Okada

A Country Boss (1962)

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Tomiko Ishii  •  Reiko Hatsune  •  Junzaburō Ban  •  Keiko Nishioka

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Tomiko Ishii  •  Reiko Hatsune  •  Junzaburō Ban  •  Keiko Nishioka

The Bad Boss 3 (1969)

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Hayato Tani  •  Keiko Natsu  •  Yukiko Kuwahara

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Hayato Tani  •  Keiko Natsu  •  Yukiko Kuwahara

A Lively Geisha (1970)

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Tōru Abe  •  Junzaburō Ban

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Tōru Abe  •  Junzaburō Ban

Dream Street (1989)

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Azuma Morisaki
CAST:  Hisahiro Ogura  •  Kaho Minami  •  Yasuo Daichi  •  Hiroshi Nishikawa

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Azuma Morisaki
CAST:  Hisahiro Ogura  •  Kaho Minami  •  Yasuo Daichi  •  Hiroshi Nishikawa

The Voice of Sin (2020)

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a mysterious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Gen Hoshino  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Meiko Kaji

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a mysterious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Gen Hoshino  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Meiko Kaji

Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight (1969)

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of the goddess Banten, the woman who heads the Banten Yakuza family. She comes into confrontation with a powerful of Yakuza group Mutsumi-kai, seeking to capture all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Harada
CAST:  Nijiko Kiyokawa  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kyōsuke Machida

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of the goddess Banten, the woman who heads the Banten Yakuza family. She comes into confrontation with a powerful of Yakuza group Mutsumi-kai, seeking to capture all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Harada
CAST:  Nijiko Kiyokawa  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kyōsuke Machida

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DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Sachiko Hidari  •  Kōjirō Hongō  •  Ryōsuke Kagawa

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DIRECTION:  Shigeo Tanaka
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Toru Minegishi  •  Shirō Ōsaka  •  Junko Natsu

Pretty Woman (2003)

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company "Theatrical Company Hono" in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the presiding officers and performers are composed of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Keiko Awaji  •  Akiko Kazami  •  Terue Shoji  •  Reiko Kusamura

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company "Theatrical Company Hono" in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the presiding officers and performers are composed of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Keiko Awaji  •  Akiko Kazami  •  Terue Shoji  •  Reiko Kusamura