Tatsuo Hanabu Movies
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.51959HD
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
- 1955
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Princess Yang Kwei Fei6.71955HD
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...
- 1958
Giants and Toys
Giants and Toys6.81958HD
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
- 1962
Black Test Car
Black Test Car6.91962HD
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.
- 1959
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession6.31959HD
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...
- 1957
The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly5.81957HD
A series of ghastly murders are being committed. The one similarity in each of the murders is that a strange buzzing sound is always heard right...
- 1960
Afraid to Die
Afraid to Die61960HD
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...
- 1963
Black Report
Black Report6.31963HD
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
- 1960
Satan's Sword
Satan's Sword6.41960HD
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...
- 1969
Broken Swords
Broken Swords7.71969HD
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...
- 1960
The False Student
The False Student6.51960HD
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
- 1963
Bronze Magician
Bronze Magician6.91963HD
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...
- 1969
The Curse of the Ghost
The Curse of the Ghost6.21969HD
About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to...
- 1960
The Priest and the Beauty
The Priest and the Beauty31960HD
Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her...
- 1957
The Crowded Train
The Crowded Train6.71957HD
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...
- 1957
Night Butterflies
Night Butterflies6.31957HD
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
- 1958
The Snowy Heron
The Snowy Heron41958HD
The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...
- 1963
Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
Ōkuma Shigenobu the great01963HD
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...
- 1953
Kurohyō
Kurohyō01953HD
- 1959
Image of a Mother
Image of a Mother01959HD
The final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s central themes as a young boy must learn...