Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Tani, Jun Ôtomo, Takamaru Sasaki, Seiji Miyaguchi
During World War II, Kaji, a peace-loving man, travels to a small village with his wife, Michiko, to work as a supervisor in an iron mine to avoid being drafted into the army. When the military police send six hundred Chinese prisoners to work in the mine, Kenji talks to their leader to control the Khushan. But his methods upset the corrupt system there and...
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura
The production line manager of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his driver's son is kidnapped, leaving him at a moral dilemma.
Stars: Kôji Mitsui, Tamotsu Tamura, Sen Yano, Kyôko Kishida, Robert Dunham
Jumpy Niki is an entomologist and researcher from Tokyo who is busy collecting samples and insects in a poor seaside village. Due to the darkness and missing the last bus to the city, some villagers suggest him to spend the night there. He goes to the house of a young woman who is at the end of a sand pit. He finds out that the woman's wife and child were killed in a sandstorm and...
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Atsushi Watanabe
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: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Susumu Fujita
Two farmers accompany a man and a woman through the enemy lines in exchange for gold. But they don't know that the man and the woman are actually a prince and his general...
Stars: Kôji Mitsui, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Mutsuko Sakura, Toyo Takahashi
The head of a traveling theater troupe returns to the small beach town where he left his son, who he thinks is his uncle, and tries to clear things up with him one last time and have a relationship, but his lover becomes jealous...
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Susumu Fujita
A young man marries the daughter of a corrupt factory owner to bring justice to his father's suicide.
Stars: Susumu Fujita, Masanobu Ôkubo, Yoshi Katô, Kôji Sekiyama, Rin'ichi Yamamoto
Three robbers escape with their loot, but two of them are killed by the third. Their bodies are brought to the beach after a disaster, but a policeman named Yumikasa suspects them because their names are not on the passenger list and...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Chieko Nakakita, Junji Masuda
A young man and his wife struggle with their loveless marriage as the man has a secret love affair...
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Takeshi Katô
After the detonation of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese army and government are faced with demands from the Allies for unconditional surrender. The Japanese defense minister leads officers who believe that even to the death of all Japanese citizens, they must continue to fight and...
Stars: Kôji Mitsui, Chishû Ryû, Tomio Aoki, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Kiyoshi Aono
The lover of a kabuki actor out of jealousy hatches a plan to bring down her lover's son...
Stars: Shin'ichi Himori, Kôji Mitsui, Chishû Ryû, Mitsuko Mito, Ken'ichi Miyajima
Shohei Horikawa, a poor school teacher, is struggling to raise his son Ryuhei, with no capital or prospects for the future...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Mikijirô Hira, Noriko Sengoku
On his deathbed, wealthy businessman Beck announces that all his wealth will be divided between his three illegitimate children, whose existence is hidden from his family and colleagues. A group of his colleagues and lawyers are trying to get his money and...
Stars: Ichirô Shimizu, Fumiko Okamura, Kôji Mitsui, Chishû Ryû, Binnosuke Nagao
A man who has just returned from World War II is looking for his poor wife, who has been forced to spend a night in prostitution to pay for her child's hospital bills. . .
Stars: Kamatari Fujiwara, Atsushi Watanabe, Jerry Fujio, Kin Sugai, Yoshiko Maki
In the corners of the lives of people who live in a poor neighborhood on the edge of a river in the suburbs of modern Tokyo.
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kokuten Kôdô, Kichijirô Ueda, Bokuzen Hidari
A young painter, Ichiro Ayo, meets a famous actress named Miyako Sajio, who is on vacation in the mountains. He gives Miyako a ride and they accidentally live in an inn. A journalist turns their encounter into a big lie to humiliate Miyako and...
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Atsushi Watanabe, Minoru Chiaki
In the slums of Japan, various residents live their lives and dream of a better life. Among them is a man who is interested in a young woman, but faces opposition from her family...
Stars: Kôji Mitsui, Kuniko Ishii, Haruo Asanu, Kazuko Fukuda, Ichirô Kimura
The story begins with "Shun", a shy 17-year-old boy, who is alone in a hotel room with "Nanami", a girl who is a nude model. While the viewer is prepared to watch the sex scenes between the two of them, the two of them talk about themselves and their lives together all night...
Stars: Tôru Abe, Takako Irie, Chieko Nakakita, Fumie Kitahara, Fumiko Okamura
This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who also has a small role in the story. Based on a screenplay by Keinosuke ...
Stars: Yôko Katsuragi, Kôji Mitsui, Mutsuko Sakura, Takashi Miki, Takahiro Tamura
This movie tells the story of the life of a couple who are guardians of a lighthouse.
