The best Kazuya Kosaka’s movies

Kazuya Kosaka

Kazuya Kosaka

30/05/1935- 01/11/1997
Today we present the best Kazuya Kosaka’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Kazuya Kosaka’s movies.
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The Unspoiled Diamond

The Unspoiled Diamond
5.7/10
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise
6.6/10
The tragic tale of two lovers whose passion burns so intensely it destroys them. Based on the bestselling novel by Junichi Watanabe, is about the fated love affair between Shoichiro, a middle-aged man who has come to regret devoting his whole life to his work, and Rinko, a beautiful woman trapped in a married life filled with depression and disillusion. A man engaged to Soichiro's daughter, Chika, has fallen in love with Rinko, and Soichiro meets with her to ask her to end the relationship. However, despite their unpleasant first meeting, soon Shoichiro and Rinko find themselves drawn to each other, and find in each other something that had been missing in their lives. Their burning passion heightens, until their yearning for everlasting, perfect love leads to a fateful decision.

A Taxing Woman

A Taxing Woman
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 07/02/1987
  • Character: Middle-aged man
Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt.

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters
7.2/10
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

Case of the Disjointed Murder

Case of the Disjointed Murder
5.9/10
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...

Oh, My Son!

Oh, My Son!
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/09/1979
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

Killers on Parade

Killers on Parade
6.5/10
Mod-sixties visuals and black humor mark this wild New Wave masterpiece about a vengeful contractor who hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.

Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/01/1960
  • Character: Yukio
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.

Daigoro vs. Goliath

Daigoro vs. Goliath
5/10
An inventor and his family try to raise funds to feed a giant monster named Daigoro so that he doesn't shrink. Meanwhile, a meteor lands into the sea bringing with it another giant monster named Goliath. Will Daigoro be able to stop Goliath?

Farewell to Spring

Farewell to Spring
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/04/1959
  • Character: Takuya Minemura
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

Tomorrow's Sun

Tomorrow's Sun
6/10
A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time.

Youth in Fury

Youth in Fury
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/08/1960
  • Character: Seiichi Mizushima
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo (Shinichiro Mikami) takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble feelings of alienation.

The Strangers Upstairs

The Strangers Upstairs
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/12/1961
  • Character: Masami Hamuro
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.

Lifetime Insecurity

Lifetime Insecurity
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 29/10/1994
  • Character: Kohei Hanazawa
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.

団地妻のさけび

団地妻のさけび
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 23/07/1983
  • Character: Kenzo Hiranuma
A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.

Futari no onna

Futari no onna
  • Release: 27/12/1983
After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.

Thus Another Day

Thus Another Day
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/09/1959
  • Character: Gorô Mori
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...

The Eternal Rainbow

The Eternal Rainbow
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/10/1958
  • Character: Minoru
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

One Way Ticket to Love

One Way Ticket to Love
6.6/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 15/04/1960
  • Character: Kenji Shirai
The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

Donto ikōze

Donto ikōze
  • Release: 08/06/1959
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

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