Movies: Tatsuo Hanabu

  • 1959
    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds (1959)

    Floating Weeds

    7.41959HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934)....

    Floating Weeds
  • 1955
    Princess Yang Kwei Fei

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei

    6.71955HD

    In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working i...

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei
  • 1959
    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession (1959)

    Odd Obsession

    6.31959HD

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife....

    Odd Obsession
  • 1960
    Afraid to Die

    Afraid to Die (1960)

    Afraid to Die

    61960HD

    On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than plan...

    Afraid to Die
  • 1960
    The False Student

    The False Student (1960)

    The False Student

    6.51960HD

    A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students....

    The False Student
  • 1960
    Satan's Sword

    Satan's Sword (1960)

    Satan's Sword

    6.41960HD

    The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue , a nihilistic sw...

    Satan's Sword
  • 1958
    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys (1958)

    Giants and Toys

    6.81958HD

    Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies....

    Giants and Toys
  • 1962
    Black Test Car

    Black Test Car (1962)

    Black Test Car

    6.91962HD

    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....

    Black Test Car
  • 1963
    Bronze Magician

    Bronze Magician (1963)

    Bronze Magician

    6.91963HD

    Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta I...

    Bronze Magician
  • 1960
    The Priest and the Beauty

    The Priest and the Beauty (1960)

    The Priest and the Beauty

    31960HD

    Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her in spite of her beauty. One night, while Anchin is recuperating in a hot spring, he is approached by Kiyo....

    The Priest and the Beauty
  • 1971
    The Gift of the Fox

    The Gift of the Fox (1971)

    The Gift of the Fox

    01971HD

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    The Gift of the Fox
  • 1957
    The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly

    The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957)

    The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly

    5.21957HD

    A series of ghastly murders are being committed. The one similarity in each of the murders is that a weird buzzing sound is always heard right before the murder occurs. Is the killer invisible or possibly some other incredible creature?...

    The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
  • 1970
    Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

    Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance (1970)

    Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

    01970HD

    16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series...

    Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
  • 1945
    Saigo no kikyō

    Saigo no kikyō (1945)

    Saigo no kikyō

    01945HD

    1945 Japanese movie...

    Saigo no kikyō
  • 1959
    The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off (1959)

    The Cast-Off

    61959HD

    The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has...

    The Cast-Off
  • 1957
    The Betrothed

    The Betrothed (1957)

    The Betrothed

    01957HD

    Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel....

    The Betrothed
  • 1963
    Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

    Ōkuma Shigenobu the great (1963)

    Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

    01963HD

    The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United Kingdom, and who brought his country into the Triple Entente against the German Empire....

    Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
  • 1969
    Broken Swords

    Broken Swords (1969)

    Broken Swords

    7.71969HD

    The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira....

    Broken Swords
  • 1957
    The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train (1957)

    The Crowded Train

    6.51957HD

    Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a vis...

    The Crowded Train
  • 1963
    Black Report

    Black Report (1963)

    Black Report

    6.31963HD

    After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime....

    Black Report