Ken Mitsuda Movies

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.

A high school girl kills her father's mistress.

Taki dedicated her life to her daughter Miyoko, but they were separated by Taki's parents-in-law. Many years later, they reunite in a party, but Taki...

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

A series of murders surrounds the 70,000 ryō in buried treasure hidden by the Kanayama Magistrate.

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted...

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a...

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and...

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Married for almost a decade, a couple with a son have their life thrown for a loop when the wife Isoko comes across a photo of her university...

Based on Haruko Ōta's memoir.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they...

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of...