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: Tatsuya Nakadai, Susumu Fujita, Shôji Ôki, Minoru Chiaki, Shôbun Inoue
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army but is harassed by the veterans. During his service, he observed many brutalities in the army and protested against the mistreatment of new trainees...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Nobuo Nakamura, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake
An old widower arranges the marriage of his only daughter...
Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Nobuo Nakamura, Fumio Watanabe, Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara
A widow tries to marry her daughter, with the help of three of her late husband's friends...
Stars: Eiko Miyoshi, Taiji Tonoyama, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake
Two boys observe fasting to persuade their parents to buy a television set...
Stars: Chieko Naniwa, Nobuo Nakamura, Fumio Watanabe, Chishû Ryû, Hisao Toake
A businessman gets into trouble with his eldest daughter because of her choice in a wife...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshi Katô, Torahiko Hamada, Hideko Takamine, Nobuko Otowa
In 1932, a woman whose fiancé is fighting in China is raped by the son of a large landowner returning from the war. After this incident, she is forced to marry a man and...
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: Gen Shimizu, Isao Kimura, Tetsurô Tanba, Eitarô Ozawa, Omenosuke Ichikawa
In 1863, when the American warship arrived in Japan, a mysterious ronin becomes an important person in the complex power game between the Pagonite and the Empire...
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.
Stars: Toranosuke Ogawa, Chieko Baishô, Akitake Kôno, Torahiko Hamada, Kin Sugai
A soldier returning from the war and his wife work hard so that their child can have a comfortable future. Their dream is to have a happy family.
Stars: Eiko Miyoshi, Chieko Nakakita, Shin'ichi Himori, Fumio Tooyama, Toshio Shimamura
A psychoanalytic film that is about the relationships of the members of a family and their understanding of the inability and ability to understand and communicate with each other, while each of them has their own weaknesses and strengths and they all run a beer shop.
Stars: Takamaru Sasaki, Jun Tatara, Yûnosuke Itô, Kôji Mitsui, Hisao Toake
A talent scout is determined to bring a promising athlete into his team...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Haruko Sugimura, Ken Mitsuda, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hisako Yamane
The story of a poor samurai who cannot stay with his wife and leaves her hoping to find wealth. The first part
Stars: Isao Kimura, Isao Yamagata, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Chichibu, Tatsuya Ishiguro
A romantic drama about a family of flower sellers directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
Stars: Kamatari Fujiwara, Tôru Abe, Yôko Katsuragi, Eitarô Ozawa, Chieko Higashiyama
A couple tries to take advantage of an artist and his family, but his kind nature causes problems in their plan...
Stars: Toyo Takahashi, Fuyuki Murakami, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiji Sada, Akira Yamanouchi
A young wartime widow remembers the short time she spent with her husband...
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.
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Haruko Sugimura, Ken Mitsuda, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hisako Yamane
A scary story about the life of a poor samurai who cannot stay with his wife and leaves her in the hope of finding wealth. The second part
Stars: Kokuten Kôdô, Eitarô Ozawa, Kôji Mitsui, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Chichibu
A girl returns home after years of running away, but she is scandalized when it is revealed that she is a dancer.
