Daisuke Katō Movies

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic...

Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century...

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals,...

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about her cutting out...

The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.

1961 Japanese movie

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in...

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to...

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.