Hatsuko Wakahara Movies

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats...

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

Following the unexpected death of her father, stage actress Emi Ikushima has to navigate the pitfalls of her rising fame and her increasingly...

Young female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little sister, but their new life is complicated by hoodlum-like...

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

Japanese crime film

In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his...

A moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young...

With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

A war propaganda film centered on the mobilization of student soldiers.

A crime film released in 1962

A realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

A blockbuster youth action film based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga, now adapted for the screen.

1962 Japanese movie

Two barbers have fallen for each other, but their fathers are both stubborn, and, on top of that, they’re old rivals from the past.