Masao Oda Movies
- 1963
High and Low
High and Low8.3321963HD
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servants son is kidnapped
- 1958
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama7.41958HD
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy...
- 1962
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon7.81962HD
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9091960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1963
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life7.11963HD
A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
- 1957
Black River
Black River6.91957HD
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...
- 1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai6.9781963HD
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...
- 1961
Zero Focus
Zero Focus6.61961HD
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...
- 1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights7.41962HD
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...
- 1964
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple71964HD
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....
- 1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era7.1771957HD
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...
- 1955
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji7.3481955HD
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...
- 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook7.1821962HD
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...
- 1959
Whistling in the morning
Whistling in the morning01959HD
Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's...
- 1958
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds7.51958HD
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...
- 1961
The Last War
The Last War6.21961HD
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
- 1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka5.71959HD
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...
- 1956
Fountainhead
Fountainhead5.81956HD
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
- 1962
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo Bay71962HD
An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...
- 1962
A Carpenter and Children
A Carpenter and Children01962HD
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...