Junji Masuda Movies

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

A 1948 Japanese film.

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

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

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi,...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Japanese drama film.

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko. Driven by his passion for capturing the truth, he...

Battles of an average salaryman.

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he...

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.