Ganjirō Nakamura II Movies
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.71965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.51959HD
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
- 1957
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths7.0931957HD
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...
- 1982
The Rape
The Rape41982HD
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice...
- 1961
The End of Summer
The End of Summer7.5231961HD
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9761960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1963
An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge6.5421963HD
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
- 1959
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession6.2881959HD
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...
- 1966
The Pornographers
The Pornographers7.281966HD
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady,...
- 1962
Love Under the Crucifix
Love Under the Crucifix6.91962HD
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with...
- 1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Loyal 47 Ronin61958HD
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...
- 1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese6.3181962HD
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...
- 1961
Buddha
Buddha01961HD
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...
- 1962
The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment6.21962HD
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...
- 1961
A Lustful Man
A Lustful Man5.81961HD
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly...
- 1958
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds7.51958HD
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...
- 1960
A Woman's Testament
A Woman's Testament5.8331960HD
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...
- 1962
The Great Wall
The Great Wall61962HD
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted...
- 1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Bamboo Doll of Echizen7.61963HD
Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.
- 1959
The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures5.11959HD
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...