Daisuke Katō Movies

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously...

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

Modern Comedy

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

Comedy about a husband and wife.

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate pressure, romantic entanglements, and a...

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management,...