Stars: Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Japan, early 19th century. "Doctor Naidi" (Mifone), known as "Red Beard", is the doctor in charge of a poor general clinic. "Dr. Noburo Yasumoto" (Kayama), a new assistant doctor, despite his initial disobedience to "Red Beard", including his excessive drinking and unusual clothing, finally learns that a good doctor must make sacrifices.
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Toranosuke Ogawa, Noriko Sengoku, Masao Shimizu
A fifty-year-old woman who can no longer attract men takes a look at her sad life. When Oharu was in the imperial court, she fell in love with a man below her level. Their relationship is revealed and Uharu and his family are exiled. For him, the next events bring a life of humiliation...
Stars: Keiko Tsushima, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Miyake, Hisao Toake, Eijirô Yanagi
A childless middle-aged married couple faces a marital crisis...
Stars: Yukio Horikita, Manabu Morita, Yûji Hamada, Jun Fujikawa, Kanae Kobayashi
The adventures of a blind masseuse and gambler who also happens to be a swordsman...
Stars: Isao Kimura, Toranosuke Ogawa, Yoshi Katô, Shun'ya Wazaki, Michimaro Kotabe
When the fiancee of a salaried man commits suicide, he remembers the bloody history of his family who committed suicide because of their hard-hearted lord and...
Stars: Jun Fujikawa, Sumao Ishihara, Kanae Kobayashi, Fumihiko Yokoyama, Nobuko Otowa
Shinnosuke is presented to Shizu as an option for marriage, but he falls in love with his widowed sister, Eve.
Stars: Yoshio Inaba, Gô Katô, Daigo Kusano, Kazuo Kitamura, Haruko Sugimura
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko grows up as a prostitute dancer. One day, Tomoko meets her mother in a forbidden area in Tokyo, and that's enough for her life to get into trouble.
Stars: Yoshi Katô, Saburô Date, Tokio Oki, Shintarô Katsu, Kazuo Hasegawa
Yukinojo, a kabuki actor, takes revenge by killing the three men who killed his parents...
Stars: Nadao Kirino, Jun Tatara, Keiko Awaji, Yôko Katsuragi, Shin'ichi Himori
The story of the cruelty of the children of a caring mother who brought them out of the water and mud from the fire of World War II until their early youth.
Stars: Akitake Kôno, Koreya Senda, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Kunitarô Sawamura, Mitsusaburô Ramon
Special forces commander "Captain Tadamori" returns to Kyoto after defeating pirates in the West Sea of Japan. But because the authorities do not want to give influence to the soldiers, they ignore the request of the former emperor and do not reward him and...
Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Saburô Date, Tokio Oki, Yûji Hamada, Kazuo Ôbayashi
Zatwicki, a blind masseuse and swordsman, learns a terrible secret about political figures that causes a group of assassins to hunt him down...
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Takamaru Sasaki, Mutsuko Sakura, Kikue Môri, Eijirô Yanagi
The film is an adaptation of Higuchi Ichiyō's 1895-1896 novel Takekurabe.
Stars: Yoshi Katô, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Eitarô Ozawa, Sumiko Hidaka, Jun Usami
During the reign of Emperor Suzuko (946-930 AD) after the appearance of a white rainbow in the sky of Kyoto, various unfortunate events took place. The emperor ordered Yasanuri, a famous astrologer, to delve into a certain Chinese book on secrets to...
Stars: Yoshi Katô, Nobuo Kaneko, Taiji Tonoyama, Kikue Môri, Kichiemon Nakamura
When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders sacrifice their lives. However, this woman's husband blames himself for misleading his wife and trying to thwart the demand law...
Stars: Sô Yamamura, Haruo Tanaka, Kumeko Urabe, Yuriko Hamada, Eijirô Yanagi
The film tells the story of a married and unhappy woman who has a strong interest in physical love and does not believe in spiritual love.
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Eiko Miyoshi, Bokuzen Hidari, Noriko Sengoku
A post-war Japanese veteran suffering from mental health problems travels to the snow-covered island of Kamada, where he becomes involved in a love triangle with his best friend and a notorious woman...
Stars: Yoshio Inaba, Saburô Date, Tadashi Iwata, Jun Fujikawa, Seishirô Hara
A samurai seeks revenge and redemption after his family is executed by a clan.
Stars: Yoshio Kosugi, Haruo Tanaka, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kiyoko Tsuji, Masao Mishima
A few days in the life of a cold-blooded geisha, who is the mother of a smart boy in the lovely Ginza district of Tokyo. A woman who devotes herself to the needs of others.
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Sachio Sakai, Shin Ôtomo, Akio Kusama, Takuzô Kumagai
Japanese Admiral Izoroku Yamamoto, a master tactician, is loyal to the Emperor despite his vehement criticism of the Japanese navy in the war with America.
Stars: Yôko Katsuragi, Shôzô Suzuki, Takashi Miki, Isao Suenaga, Nobuo Takagi
Before going to his new job in Hokkaido, Keizo returns to visit his family in his hometown. There, he meets Fuyoko, his teenage love, now a young widow.
