Chūji Kinoshita Filmography

In the heart of a secluded mountain hamlet, The Ballad of Narayama unfolds, a tale...

In the tumultuous year of 1937, Heibei, the scion of a wealthy landowner, returns from...

In the bustling heart of Tokyo, Keizo Ishizu (Shuji Sano), a pragmatic car shop owner,...

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world...

A young war widow remembers her short time with her husband.

A dark secret awaits a dance-hall girl when she goes to meet her former lover.

A young woman who has been evacuated to Hokkaido with her family during wartime receives...

Two journalists and their lovers share an uncertain future.

Kobayashi's pitiless take on Japan's professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever...

A widow life is left in turmoil when her childhood lover returns to town, left...

In this second part to The Yotsuda Phantom, Iemon's apparent success is minimized by his...

Three criminals planning to rob a house are continually delayed by the families antics.

A young student (Akira Inshihama) falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to an invalid girl...

A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home...

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their...

A tyrannical father (the broken drum) squashes the dreams of his family.

"A young man who is unable to tell his childhood friend how he feels makes...

A young man ignores his mother's pleas and becomes drawn to a life of crime.