List of the best Shima Iwashita movies: An Autumn Afternoon(1962), Melody in Gray(1977), Hara-Kiri(1963), Red Lion(1969), Sharaku(1995) ... ...
Drama
Japan
1962
115 Minutes
Michiko Hirayama
Shima Iwashita Shinichiro Mikami Keiji Sada Chishu Ryu
widower son daughter teen boy suitor fiancé amusing touching solemn tokyo household wedding japan family arranged marriage fatherhood aging father/son relationship responsibility transformation
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Drama
1977
109 Minutes
Orin
Shima Iwashita Yoshio Harada Tomoko Naraoka Taiji Tonoyama Tôru Abe Jun Hamamura
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country, even though the modern world imposes changes on people's behavior.
Drama
Japan
1963
135 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Shima Iwashita Akira Ishihama Yoshio Inaba Rentarô Mikuni Masao Mishima
samurai guard landowner daughter solemn brooding intricate striking japan feudal home revenge honor culture clash family death sacrifice fall revenge 17th century
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
Japan
1969
116 Minutes
Yunosuke Ito Shima Iwashita Shigeru Kohyama Toshirô Mifune Yûko Mochizuki Nobuko Otowa Etsushi Takahashi Takahiro Tamura No Terada Jitsuko Yoshimura
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
1995
116 Minutes
Hiroyuki Sanada Shima Iwashita Tsurutaro Kataoka Shiro Sano Riona Hazuki Toshiya Nagasawa Frankie Sakai
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal... See full summary »