Riichirō Manabe Movies
- 1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Monument to the Girl's Corps01968HD
In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...
- 1958
The Perfect Game
The Perfect Game6.21958HD
College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even...
- 1956
Our Town
Our Town6.81956HD
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...
- 1972
Love Hunter
Love Hunter4.71972HD
Kyōko is a woman with a promiscuous past who is sexually unsatisfied with her marriage. Her frustrations lead her to have hedonistic dreams,...
- 1956
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District71956HD
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job...
- 1961
The Catch
The Catch6.31961HD
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions...
- 1968
Man of a Stormy Era
Man of a Stormy Era01968HD
The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable...
- 1959
Street of Love and Hope
Street of Love and Hope6.61959HD
A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched...
- 1960
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night01960HD
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
- 1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
The Gate of Youth Part 281977HD
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
- 1959
A Turning to Hell
A Turning to Hell01959HD
Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the...
- 1975
The Gate of Youth
The Gate of Youth91975HD
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly...
- 1960
Volunteering for Villainy
Volunteering for Villainy01960HD
Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.
- 1974
The Last Swordsman
The Last Swordsman5.71974HD
Personal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
- 1962
The Christian Revolt
The Christian Revolt6.21962HD
In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic...
- 1956
Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul61956HD
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s...
- 1965
The Start of Life
The Start of Life01965HD
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and...
- 1970
Midnight Virgin
Midnight Virgin3.51970HD
Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close,...
- 1975
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter5.21975HD
Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone...
- 1960
Hito mo arukeba
Hito mo arukeba01960HD
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.