Hiroko Machida Movies

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...

1959 Japanese movie

A romance between a young koto prodigy and the head of a koto school’s daughter.

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

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their...

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

A desperate detective on the trail of criminals who are holding a baby hostage and demanding one million yen

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

1962 Japanese movie

Melodrama about a young woman who saves a young man from the world of evil after he has saved her from blindness.

A story about a young woman who has been rehabilitated at a juvenile detention center for girls and released into society, but finds herself on the...

"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuilding company. When he is about to...