Shinobu Muraki Movies

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send...

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.

An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her...

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.

A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's...

Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the...

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.

Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.