Bontarō Miake Movies

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together...

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a...

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is...

The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase....

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru...

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-man reconnaissance unit is dispatched to scout enemy positions in a volatile territory. After a sudden...

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

The sincere clown act performed by a master thief who infiltrates a remote island.

Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They...