Sadao Maruyama Movies

A five member circus runs into problems while touring rural Japan.

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of...

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a...

Japanese war movie

Part one of two.

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at...

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is...

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

1945 Japanese movie

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...