Akihiko Katayama Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo,...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Japanese film.

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

1961 Japanese movie

1956 Japanese movie

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Japanese drama film.

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional...

Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to be supported by the kind consideration of his...

Japanese musical.

1962 Japanese movie

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her...

The story of love and friendship between a seamstress girl and a member of a student ensemble, who, against all odds, turned a song written by the...

This film depicts women who throw themselves into the world of call girls as an easy way to make a living and seek pleasure, only to ruin their lives...

Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama