Machiko Kyō

Beauty and the Thief

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and erot…

The Tale of Genji

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l…

The Life of a Horse Trader

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmo…

Clothes of Deception

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist boar…

Resurrection

The Motherland Far Far Away

Rashomon

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the fines…

The Man Who Laughs Last

The East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two prestigiou…

A Bullet Hole Underground