Akihiko Katayama Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Born into a poor farming family, Yukie left home with her only son Ryokichi, leaving her grandfather Heisaku behind, to search for her husband...

The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along with her late husband's family. On the other...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

1956 Japanese movie

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the...

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

Japanese film.

Japanese drama film.

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works...

The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin.

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...

1961 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese musical.