Ryōzō Kasahara Movies

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The...

A film depicting the duties of a detective and the anguish of human compassion.

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a courtesan who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.

Punch, Pinch, and Sench participate in a Tokyo-to-Osaka auto race but their car is stolen, and so get jobs in a cabaret.

The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of...

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru....

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

A clash between old and new ideas set against the backdrop of a long-established store in Osaka.

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.