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: Toshio Takahara, Yoshi Katô, Mizuho Suzuki, Mayumi Ogawa, Eitarô Ozawa
Zaizen Guru may only be an assistant professor, but he's already made a name for himself.
Stars: Mitsuko Mito, Ken Uehara, Masao Hayama, Tomoko Naniwa, Kiyoshi Aono
"Mr. Thank you" is a kind bus driver who travels from a poor village through the mountains to the city. He thanks everyone who comes his way. Among the passengers, there is a young woman who argues with him and...
Stars: Noriko Honma, Machiko Kyô, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Masayuki Mori, Kumeko Urabe
In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruses adaptation of an oft-filmed popular novel by Saisei Murô, the eldest daughter (Machiko Kyô) of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds. Naruse shows his considerable skill at portraying household dynamics, filming Kyô in relaxed and/or reclining positions (indicative of her... Read all
Stars: Shin'ichi Himori, Chishû Ryû, Kinuyo Tanaka, Jun Yokoyama, Tatsuo Saitô
In a massage parlor, a soldier's leg is accidentally injured by a hairpin. She finds the lovely owner of this pin and falls in love with him.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Saburô Date, Tanie Kitabayashi, Machiko Kyô, Jun Hamamura
The story is about a man who seeks to revive his manhood.
Stars: Isao Yamagata, Fumiko Okamura, Bontarô Miake, Yûzô Hayakawa, Gai Harada
UFOs are seen in the sky of Tokyo, because the extraterrestrial beings look like giant starfish, encountering them instills fear and anxiety in humans. Therefore, one of them sacrifices himself and becomes a popular singer to...
