Shintoho Company Movies

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the...

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

1961 Japanese movie

Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Special Comfort Women Association" (RAA)...

It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his...

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Horror film about a killer dwarf.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Romantic melodrama

Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she...

A sensual fantasy about a middle-aged man who receives a phone call from the dead and tries to rebuild his life. Under the direction of veteran...

Japanese film.