Kazuo Kitamura Movies

  • 1979
    Taro the Dragon Boy

    Taro the Dragon Boy

    Taro the Dragon Boy

    6.51979HD

    Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a...

    Taro the Dragon Boy
  • 1991
    Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

    5.91991HD

    Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

    Heat Wave
  • 1965
    The Soundless Cry

    The Soundless Cry

    The Soundless Cry

    81965HD

    Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works...

    The Soundless Cry
  • 1964
    Yearning

    Yearning

    Yearning

    8.11964HD

    War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...

    Yearning
  • 1970
    The Militarists

    The Militarists

    The Militarists

    81970HD

    The Militarists
  • 1972
    My Voiceless Friends

    My Voiceless Friends

    My Voiceless Friends

    01972HD

    A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

    My Voiceless Friends
  • 1982
    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    01982HD

    After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

    The Longest Tunnel
  • 1964
    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    7.21964HD

    After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

    The Scent of Incense
  • 1964
    Night Scandal in Japan

    Night Scandal in Japan

    Night Scandal in Japan

    01964HD

    Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the...

    Night Scandal in Japan
  • 1982
    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

    6.71982HD

    This film stays very faithful to the original down to the smallest details, save for the kangaroo-rat that suddenly appears twenty minutes into the...

    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
  • 1972
    The Pirates of Buban

    The Pirates of Buban

    The Pirates of Buban

    6.51972HD

    By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the...

    The Pirates of Buban
  • 1953
    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    6.11953HD

    A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

    An Inlet of Muddy Water
  • 1981
    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    6.41981HD

    The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

    Why Not?
  • 2003
    The Woman Changed Her Clothes at the Bus Stop

    The Woman Changed Her Clothes at the Bus Stop

    The Woman Changed Her Clothes at the Bus Stop

    02003HD

    A woman in a bright green coat, Mizue (Toda Naho), gets off the bus at Shikaoi Town in Hokkaido. She has followed her former salsa dance partner,...

    The Woman Changed Her Clothes at the Bus Stop
  • 1979
    White Love

    White Love

    White Love

    51979HD

    Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language...

    White Love
  • 2001
    Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell

    Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell

    Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell

    62001HD

    When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prevent his expulsion from the clan. 14th installment...

    Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell
  • 1989
    Company Executives

    Company Executives

    Company Executives

    61989HD

    A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

    Company Executives
  • 1982
    Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

    1.51982HD

    A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white...

    Lake of Illusions
  • 1988
    Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

    Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

    Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

    01988HD

    TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV...

    Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
  • 2006
    Island of Light

    Island of Light

    Island of Light

    82006HD

    Hiromi, attends junior high school in Tokyo. The combination of getting bullied on campus and her fathers death causes her to stop attending school....

    Island of Light