Youth on Top of the Hill

Youth Bell

A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates him with the spirit of sports and falls in love with the daughter of th

Youthful Bastard

A hot-blooded gay movie set in a high school rugby club. A parody of Kensaku Morita-style sports youth dramas. Instead of shouting "You idiot" to the ocean, the club members hook up with each other...

Blind Love

The Green Voyage

Three high school girls travel to Osaka to visit a friend and end up on a lively journey through Kyoto, Beppu, and Aso. Along the way they meet classmates, rivals, and mentors, joining together in a joyful chorus at a vi

Youth - Part II

Isamu, a star athlete in high school, becomes a race cyclist. He wins his debut races, but soon his opponents see through his lack of strategy and beat him easily. Isamu's maths teacher, a race cycling freak, says he kno

Teenage Sazae

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Symphony of Youth

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Dazzling Youth

Naoto Yoshimoto, who has a handsome face, plays the role of a man with a uniform fetish who has no choice but to work as a security guard because he aspires to be a policeman but cannot become one.

Love on Rainbow Island

Sankichi Matsutani, a poor young fisherman, falls in love with Kikue, the only daughter of fisher Shiimbei. As the star-crossed lovers come from different religious backgrounds, they soon meet fierce opposition from thei

The Youth Killer

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.

Rose Youth

Takeo is a university student struggling to pay off his loans and lives a tight life while working part-time as a male escort. For him, sex is just about money or pleasure. After picking up a female university student, T

The Way of Youth

1957 Japanese movie

Amazing Place

Directorial debut by Kiridoshi Risaku, an accomplished film and cultural critic and author of "Miyazaki Hayao no ‘sekai'" and "Kaiju tsukai to shonen: Ultraman no sakka tachi". Mikoto (Mikoto) and Takashi (Sumori Ryubun

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the

Currents of Youth

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive.

The Black Sheep

Young female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little sister, but their new life is complicated by hoodlum-like Jiro Yamazaki.

A Tale of Young Elopement

A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.

War and Youth

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.

Youthful Hand-to-Hand Battle

Follows 3 young men who live in the gayborhood "2 Chome" of Shinjuku and their encounters and relationships. One is in charge of the gay bar.