Movies: Osamu Maruyama

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences....

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a stran...

The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working i...

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game....

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the...

A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless...

Up until this point, young Sayuri Nanjo has had to live most of her life in a nun-run boarding school for orphans and away from her parents. That's all about to change when her real father mysteriously comes to get her and finally bring her home....

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals ...

1959 Japanese movie...

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected....

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister....

1957 Japanese movie...

1962 Japanese movie...

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students....

1964 musical....

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This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi....

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