Hiroko Machida Movies

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip...

1959 Japanese movie

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

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...

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her...

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

A silk mill worker living through a dark and twisted youth… What is chastity? A powerful work that speaks to society through the anguished...

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the...

A romantic musical film based on hit records of the time.

Tatsuya Kakurai, a young mahjong player from Shinjuku; Satsuki, an office worker and player from Marunouchi; the veteran "Demon" Nagamasa; Awano, a...

A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to...

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during...