Daiei Film Movies

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of...

A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro...

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the...

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one...

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children,...

In post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a hard-boiled cop and a mellowed out drifter hook up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap the cop's son, the...

A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and...

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they...

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata...

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

A young woman turns to the supernatural to wreak revenge on a murderous warlord.